Bruce Baird's interim report of the review of the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000 gives only broad indications of the review's thinking.

On many points the interim report just identifies an issue without saying what action is contemplated. But there seems to be medicine for almost everyone involved in Australian international tertiary education.

Baird notes that the Howard government encouraged migration-driven international student enrolments in 2001 by allowing graduating international students to apply for permanent residence while still in Australia.

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