PM eyes plan to encourage international students to study at regional unis

NEWS: The Prime Minister says moving students could ease overcrowding in major capital cities.

Friends discussing homework together (Getty Images/PhotoAlto/Odilon Dimier)

Estudiantes internacionales. Source: Getty Images/PhotoAlto/Odilon Dimier

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is considering a plan to encourage international students to move to regional centres, which could ease population growth in Sydney and Melbourne.

“In the north, they want more population, In Adelaide they want more population.” Mr Morrison said.

“But I can tell you in the outer suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne, they don’t so it’s about how you manage population and there are plenty of levers for how you do that.”

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