Optimists are hoping international students could be back this year – don’t hold your breath

On Friday, the prime minister suggested international student arrivals could be on the agenda under stage three of his recovery plan, come July.  “We would be working with institutions to see how that could be achieved,” Mr Morrison said,

The Group of Eight is on to it. “Next for decision on the Go8 Board agenda has been, as the government has requested, how best to consider the logistical and safety measures of an stress-test secure corridor back into Australia for tranches of International students. Such a secure corridor of entry for those students early in 2021 could be used as a precursor to the safe and successful opening-up of the nation’s international borders more widely,” CEO Vicki Thomson says.

Note the date.