In 2017, international students brought $11 billion in income to the new state, which is called the "god of wealth" of the new state government.
According to theory, the customer is God. But the new state government treats international students more than grandchildren.
At the same time, Australian students pay only half the tuition fees of overseas students, and also receive various government subsidies.
Not only that, even scholarship applications in schools are a priority for Australian students. It feels like the new state government is taking care of Australian students from the international student community.
Outside schools, large businesses, including government agencies, give priority to local students when recruiting, and those who encourage foreign students are among the last in Australia`s most popular careers.
Most graciously, even the most common and subtle social benefits, the new state government is not willing to open up to foreign students.
For example, Sydney`s bus student card, international students can not buy, must buy full-price tickets.
This is a rare arrogance in all Australian states! Most areas of Australia have already opened transport card discounts to international students.
Don`t underestimate the cost of transportation. It costs $20 a day, and an average of $50 a week is normal for Sydney`s international students.
Australian students, on the other hand, can enjoy half-price, or even free, benefits.
This is blatant discrimination!
For this "traffic discrimination", Sydney`s international students decided not to suffer in silence!
On Tuesday, more than 1000 students from universities such as the University of Sydney and Sydney University of Science and Technology gathered in front of the New South Wales Parliament building to ask the new state government to align itself with other states and offer bus discounts to foreign students.
In fact, as early as 2009, new state students protested against traffic discrimination policy. In 2012, under pressure, the new state government implemented a new policy to allow foreign students to enjoy transportation benefits. But just three years later, the new state government scrapped the benefit. Traffic discrimination against foreign students has once again become the norm.
In response to Tuesday`s protests, Green Party congressman Mehreen Faruqi said he would continue to raise the issue of bus discounts in the Federal Parliament on behalf of students in the hope that they would benefit overseas students at an early date.
