Increasing student visa fees is sound policy
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The Albanese government announced on the weekend that it will increase the application charge on student visas from $1,600 to $2,000 if Labor is re-elected.
The change will not affect arrangements for Pacific Island and Timor-Leste applicants.
The visa fee increase is forecast to deliver $760 million to the budget over the forward estimates.
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.