International students pay full fees so the uni can get some extra money.
Listen, young men, if Australia were to stop incoming international students today, and get rid of all the international students already here, our economy would most definitely collapse right here and now!
Think of the consequences before you say anything; all international students out, and then what happens to us? No more commonwealth supported places, no more HECS, even no more loans, and we'll have to pay our own way to graduation. Actually, education has replaced tourism and it is now our largest export service,
http://www.idp.com/about_idp/media/2008/february/tourism_no_1_services_export.aspx, do you know what that means? Don't you have any vague idea how important it is to our economy?
You have no idea how much the international students contribute to our economy, they are not entitled to work for over 20 hours a week, so they have to bring money into the country, they don't only pay their tuition fee in full and upfront, they have to pay rent, they have to eat, and they travel around the country, basically, they bring in money hard earned by their parents overseas, and spend it all here in Australia, they create employment opportunities for the locals because they drive up demands.