Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

In addition to the policies we have already applied, there are important new steps and strategies that we are applying, some of which have been identified in the chamber already today. The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement is an important additional step forward in supporting our international education sector. It will ensure that Australian institutions can be listed on China's study abroad website, which will provide greater marketing and recruitment opportunities to Chinese students for Australian educational providers. This comes in addition to an agreement Minister Pyne signed last November with the Chinese vice-minister for education to promote qualifications recognition and increased student academic and research mobility between Australia and China. This is in addition to the simplified student visa framework, which Minister Cash was speaking about before, that also provides greater opportunity for us to continue to grow the international education sector. So two very important milestones have been achieved in this week alone, with the China FTA and the student visa framework. (Time expired)