On behalf of the opposition I want to place on record that we will not be supporting the disallowance motion of Senator Shoebridge this afternoon. As Senator Urquhart has already outlined, the proposed motion would disallow 199 visa fee increases from the regular indexation of visa fees, and all but one have gone up a small amount.

But I did want to draw the attention of those in the chamber to the fact that there was a significant fee increase to one visa this year. The government increased the fee for international students from $710,000 to $1,600 on 1 July 2024.