Troublesome cure: fees row about overseas students

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Australia's $808 million overseas education industry is in touble because the Australian Education Centres (AECs), government agencies tasked with the regulation of theforeign student education, are being criticized by student recruitment agenciesfrom nine Asian countries. Student recruitment agencies of nine countries such as South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand are saying that the AECs' bureaucratic system is disrupting the student flow rather than making it easier. It is also being commented on as being commercially inexperienced in this competitive industry.

Students, Social policy, Recruiting, Students, Foreign, Foreign students

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Working class hero

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Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating is a boiler maker's son who quit school at the age of 15. He then joined the Labor Party and won a Labor seat in Blaxland at 25. In 1983 when Labor leader Bob Hawke became Prime Minister, Keating was appointed treasurer. His first attempt to contest Hawke in the party failed but the second time signaled the end for the latter. Thoughhe was not very popular among the voters, those who knew him realize that Keating is a proven survivor.

Cover Story, Biography, Prime ministers, Keating, P.J.

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Summertime blues

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Australia's current account deficit for Nov 1992 reachedA$1.7 billion, raising fears that the total for the fiscal year could reach A$20 billion. Such a scenario would make the current account deficit reach 4.9%as a percentage of GDP, the largest among OECD nations. Machinery, chemicals, fuels and vehicles largely accounted for the A$6.7 billion in imports for November.

Economic aspects, Balance of payments, Column, Statistics, Economic indicators

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