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RLC in the Media: Overseas student abuse ‘risks good reputation’

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International education, which added more than $19 billion to the economy last year and is behind only iron ore and coal in terms of export value, is being “undermined” by thousands of unreported cases of harassment, underpayment or non-payment suffered by foreign students each year.

29 March 2016 - The Australian

Sam Buckingham-Jones

Recent high-profile cases of mistreatment, such as the 7-Eleven scandal, have revealed the scale on which students are suffering in Australian workplaces.

Sean Stimson, international student service solicitor at Redfern Legal Centre in inner Sydney, says Australia’s reputation as a high-quality education provider could be under threat.

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