Australia's ruling party to hike student visa fees again in pre-election pledge


FILE PHOTO: A student walks from high density housing near the campus of the University of Technology in Sydney, April 1, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's ruling Labor Party said on Monday it would raise visa fees for international students to A$2,000 ($1,279) if reelected, the latest measure aimed at the lucrative education sector that has been a major source of immigration.

The visa fee hike, from A$1,600 currently, will bring in A$760 million over the next four years, Australia's Treasurer Jim Chalmers and finance minister Katy Gallagher said in a statement on Labor's policy costings for Saturday's federal election.

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