The Federal government of Australia, recently announced a 10-year long term strategy to expand the diversity of overseas students in Australia. 

The Australia's Council of International Education put forward the execution of the strategy along with the strategic focus decided by the Australian government.

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This new strategy is aimed to drive more diversity among the overseas students enrolled in Australian Universities. 

It is also aimed to broaden the area nurturing international education, as the business and commerce are the leading sectors. As a result, there's an imbalance in the skill sets required by the nation. 

Thus, this correction can be modified by taking in more students for different sectors including Health and Welfare, Engineering, and other technical and scientific sectors.

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The government's strategic announcement reflected upon the market contribution, and registering the main contributors, China (30% - 37%) and India (14% - 19%), the requirements to focus upon other global markets. 

Since a specific statement was not announced for not cutting down the market share, the federal government aims to avoid being entirely dependent on the two markets and focuses on factoring in other global markets. 

As a result, the main objective of the proposed 10-year long-term strategy charted the diversity and the eventual positive impact on raising the skill set of Australia and building a more sustainable economy in the long run. 

The models of the USA and the UK will be used as inspiration to achieve the goals of the strategy.

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The cause was stated as that Australia's International Education sector is 20%, while the UK's sector is about 50%, which contributes to the university’s funds and international money coming into the nation. 

Further, the student welfare programs (mental and physical) will be used and the length of student visas (temporary graduate students) will also be raised up to 3 years. 

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In an interview, Alan Tudge, Australian Education Minister, spoke about the importance of strategy in bringing the contribution of overseas education to pre COVID-19 levels. He also shared the levels at which strategy will be executed and its related steps.

During the strategy formulation, Phil Honeywood, CEO of International Education of Australia acted as an essential part, who was expected to supervise the implementation.

The federal government recorded the strategy as a tool to expand the diversity in the population and education sector that will assist in balancing the required skill set of Australia. Meanwhile, Australia will permit fully vaccinated overseas students and workers from December 1, 2021.