Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the string of recent attacks against international students studying in Australia;

(b)

recognises:

(i)

the important contribution international students make to Australia’s culture and economy, and

(ii)

the growing concern over the safety of international students studying in Australia; and

(c)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

implement the recommendation from the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee report, Welfare of international students, to expand the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Ombudsman to cover the international student sector, and

(ii)

invest in support programs and anti-racism campaigns to raise community awareness of the positive contribution international students make to Australia.

Question put.