Inside Australia's international #educationsham.
A detailed interview with David Flint at ADHTV discusses Australia's #immigration numbers, focusing on the record boom in #internationalstudents. #auspol #BetterNotBigger #housingcrisis #businesslobby #sustainability

I also explain why the export numbers attached to international education are a sham, which encourages poor policymaking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bEngJ7NTzQ

Inside Australia's international education sham

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#Australia has begun implementing stricter #visa rules for international #students this week in response to an increase in net overseas migration, which is adding pressure to the country’s rental market. ‘Students’ are now required to communicate in English. #propertylobby #businesslobby #auspol #housingcrisis

https://erudera.com/news/stricter-rules-for-international-students-in-australia-visa-grants-down-35/

Stricter Rules for International Students in Australia, Visa Grants Down 35% — Erudera

Australia has begun implementing stricter visa rules for international students this week in response to an increase in net overseas migration, which is adding pressure to the country’s rental market.

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Market consolidation has produced firms that are more powerful than the governments that are supposed to keep them honest. When the teams have more power than the ref, the game will never be fair:

https://doctorow.medium.com/small-government-fd5870a9462e

The tech industry aren't really adverse to the entertainment industry, at least not where it counts. They are all part of the #BusinessLobby, whose regulatory priorities are broadly shared, even if they disagree at the margins.

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Next week (Feb 8–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’ll be in Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb…

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To unpack this a bit, this is not about reducing #immigration - its about signalling to his base that he is being tough on #borders.

Circa 2004, #warCrimes proponents, #Bush, #Blair + #Howard used similar cynical tactics to get re-elected.

They depend on people spreading news like this, which ignores #legalImmigration, that serves the #businessLobby and #propertySpeculators

Legal immigration has remained very high under Trump, approx 1 million entrants per year granted perm'nt residency.