CAPA Background Paper on Equity of Conditions for International Postgraduate Students

CAPA's 2004 Policy on International Students identifies a number of issues of concern to CAPA's international student affiliates, including:

- the systemic discrimination of DIMIA's five tiered assessment system, including irrational language requirements imposed by the system;
- the cost of study visas and work permits in Australia, and postgraduation work opportunities, and
- the cost of public primary and secondary education for the dependants of international students.

This background paper provides basic information on these issues as well
as a comparative analysis with other countries where appropriate. The
purpose of this paper is to serve as a resource for further CAPA policy
development by the CAPA International Student's Officer and
International Student's Committee.

The complete briefing paper is available in the PDF below: