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Australian Universities: Students and Australian Ban

australian universities: International students have been Australia's most lucrative industry after mining, with China the largest source of foreign students, according to CTV. They stand to become among the first classes of passenger to exempted from an Australian ban on travel from China that has existed since Feb. 1. International students would be allowed to come to Australia under approved plans to study at nominated institutions, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said after a pandemic meeting with state leaders. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox The students would return to Australian universities in a very controlled setting, Morrison said. This is something that I'm sure we would all welcome happening again, but it has to be done with the appropriate quarantine entry arrangements and biosecurity and all of those matters being addressed, Morrison said. He gave few details, but said well thought-through proposals had been forwarded by state government on how their return could be achieved. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.