The newly-appointed education minister, Jason Clare, praised academic exchanges and discussed the slow return of international students to Australia.

Leading Australian universities have called on the government to abandon its proposed diversification index as it could “discourage certain students".

EduGrowth has teamed up with Global Victoria on the initiative and lobbied governments around Australia to support the Global Victoria EdTech Innovation Alliance Program.

There will be further consistency in Australia after the newly re-elected government announced only one ministerial position related to education would change hands.