Applications for student visas have soared in the past year. They grew by 20 per cent to more than 362,000 in the year to June 30. Of those, 28,000 applications were rejected.
THE British backpacker who survived 12 nights in the Australian bush - and pocketed an estimated $200,000 to tell his story - has reportedly flown home without making a donation to the volunteers who saved him.
I've been to cities that never close down From New York to Rio and old London town
But no matter how far Or how wide I roam I still call Australia home.
I'm always travelin' And I love bein' free So I keep leavin' the sun and the sea But my heart lies waiting over the foam I still call Australia home.
All the sons and daughters spinning 'round the world Away from their families and friends Ah, but as the world gets older and colder It's good to know where your journey ends.
And someday we'll all be together once more When all the ships come back to the shore Then I realize something I've always known I still call Australia home.
No matter how far Or how wide I roam I still call Australia home.
DOZENS of workers had to be rescued after a gas and oil rig ran into trouble in the Timor Sea, 250km north west of Truscott in the far north of Western Australia.
Petroleum exploration company PTTEP Australasia told PerthNow that 69 workers had to be evacuated after problems on the West Atlas Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit about 4am (WST)
THOUSANDS of overseas students will march in Sydney to intensify international pressure on the Federal and State governments over violence and unscrupulous operators in the higher education sector.
The students, with university representatives and Indian and Chinese community members, want the street march next month to build on overseas media coverage of their grievances, concerning safety, accommodation, visas, transport concessions and shonky institutions.
