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Latest update: International students will not be returning to Australia in July
In a report on SBS News today it states:
Canberra has indefinitely postponed its ‘Safe Passage’ pilot program to bring international students back into the country until there is a “clearer picture around the COVID-19 trajectory.”
The two state-owned universities in the Australian Capital Territory which are jointly initiating the country’s first pilot have announced that they have postponed the plan to bring back up to 350 overseas students to the capital.
“Given the recent COVID developments, the universities have decided to postpone the well-advanced pilot plan to return 350 continuing students to Canberra campuses in late July until there is a clearer picture around the COVID trajectory,” the universities said in a joint media release earlier today.
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WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THE GOV HAS AT THIS TIME WITH VICTORIA IN LOCK DOWN BUT THE PILOT WAS IN CANBERRA WHERE THERE ARE NO ISSUES. CANBERRA WAS A PERFECT PLACE TO START THE SLOW TRANSITION OF STUDENTS BACK. THE GOV COULD COULD WATCH THE PROCESS AND RELIEVE THEIR ANXIETY WHEN THEY SEE IT ALL GOING WELL AND THE OTHER UNIS WOULD LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND DO SIMILAR AND BRING BACK THEIR STUDENTS LOCKED OUT OF AUS TOO. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN VICTORIA SHOULD NOT STOP THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IN GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. WE WANT TO BE SAFE AND SENSIBLE TOO.