{"id":1813,"date":"2012-07-09T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T11:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shehuizhuyizhe.com\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2013-08-22T11:02:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T11:02:51","slug":"international-students-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2012\/07\/09\/1813\/","title":{"rendered":"International students in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018The Socialist\u2019 speaks to international student Tran Nguyen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Socialist Party (CWI in Australia)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the costs involved if you\u2019re living and studying as an international student in Australia?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many different costs if you decide to go to study in Australia. Everything is more expensive since the Australian dollar is so high compared to our currencies. The crippling day to day expenses include high rents, expensive public transport and up-front university fees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s it like to rent as an international student?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>International students look worse on rental applications so finding decent accommodation is impossible. I\u2019ve already moved house six times since I\u2019ve been here. International student share houses are overcrowded and rarely in good condition. My last share house had 20 people in it, each paying hundreds of dollars to share rooms. Some of these shared rooms are basically cupboards! There were even seven people living in the garage. Heaters are luxuries; my last landlord confiscated our heater to keep the electricity bill low.<\/p>\n<p>International students can\u2019t find affordable housing in the inner city so we end up in the outer suburbs but we\u2019re not eligible for public transport concession. This adds more to daily expenses as the price of tickets keeps going up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do many international students work to help meet these costs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes we do. But because of the working hour restrictions we mainly work dodgy cash-in-hand jobs in restaurants, car washes, massage parlours and convenience stores. We often get paid less than the minimum wage and get treated very badly. Bosses use the threat of deportation to get us to work longer and for less!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\u2019s benefiting from this situation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think some people see international students as an easy target to make money. The government, universities, migration agents, landlords and bosses are making a fortune from this terrible situation. It\u2019s fair to say that we are exploited in every aspect of our lives in Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong><\/strong>At the moment, the student unions aren\u2019t really campaigning for international students\u2019 rights. We need to look at examples like the taxi drivers\u2019 protests and the campaign to unionise 7-Eleven international student workers to understand that unless we organise and push for change nothing will happen.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t simply rely on the people who are making money from us to improve our conditions. I think exploitation is not limited to international students. Local students and workers are also dealing with the rising costs of living. We should work together in trade unions and student unions to challenge the idea of profit before people and demand affordable inner city housing, concession cards and decent pay for all.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/media.chinaworker.info\/2013\/08\/Inter-Students-Australia-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1815\" alt=\"Inter Students Australia 1\" src=\"http:\/\/media.chinaworker.info\/2013\/08\/Inter-Students-Australia-1-300x188.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2013\/08\/Inter-Students-Australia-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2013\/08\/Inter-Students-Australia-1-87x55.jpg 87w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2013\/08\/Inter-Students-Australia-1-310x194.jpg 310w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2013\/08\/Inter-Students-Australia-1-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2013\/08\/Inter-Students-Australia-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The Socialist\u2019 speaks to international student Tran Nguyen Socialist Party (CWI in Australia) What are the costs involved if you\u2019re living and studying as an international student in Australia? There are many different costs if you decide to go to study in Australia. 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