New record set for number of international students in Australia
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from on (#6KS57)
The 700,000 visa holders helped push the total of temporary entrants to 2.8 million, another record
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The number of international students in Australia has topped 700,000 for the first time, helping to drive the number of temporary entrants to 2.8 million, another new record.
There were 713,144 international students in Australia on 29 February, according to the home affairs department data published by data.gov.au on Monday.
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