NSW considers separate Covid quarantine program for international students

Treasury calls for expressions of interest for a new program to sit outside the existing 3,000-a-week cap for arrivals from overseas

The New South Wales government is considering an alternative hotel quarantine program to allow for the return of international students, a vital" $14.6bn industry decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The state's treasury department has begun calling for expressions of interest to run the program, which it wants to sit outside the existing 3,000-a-week cap for arrivals from overseas.