Philip O'Carroll's Letters to The Editor

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Student Business

       Saturday, January 01, 2000

I disagree with those who complain about Australian universities and TAFEs taking foreign students.  If these foreign students are paying full fees, then we are exporting a service and employing Australians.  We need such industries.

The problem of providing tertiary education for our own youth is a question of what we are willing to spend on our own.  There need be no limit on full fee-paying foreign students, because it is strictly business.  It pays for itself.

Philip O'Carroll