The Opposition is piling on the pressure as the Senate goes slow on the Government’s international student quotas legislation.

“Every day generates more questions than answers about the Albanese Government’s flawed methodology used to allocate foreign student caps across the higher education and vocational sector, Susan Ley (Deputy Opposition Leader) and Sarah Henderson (education shadow) said in a joint statement yesterday.

After meetings with private VET providers the Opposition is backing complaints that the viability of legitimate colleges is being threatened by proposed cuts to their student numbers next year. “The fact that the vast majority of Australia’s vocational and higher education providers are responsibly run and deliver world-leading high-quality services has been ignored by Labor,” Ms Ley and Senator Henderson said.