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International Students Are Not the Scapegoats You Are Looking For

2025-06-02 Xiaoyuan Liu 0

During the 2025 Federal Election, several politicians publicly accused international students of taking up local housing resources, including Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. He has advocated for reducing the number of international student visas to alleviate […]

A sad cartoon person sits on the left, crying with a blue teardrop. In the middle, bold text says “HOUSING CRISIS = MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS” on a torn paper. On the right, there's a black house icon crossed out with a blue "X".
Assignment 3

It is Not Just Housing Stress — It is a National Mental Health Emergency

2025-05-31 Yolanda Wang 0

When people talk about Australia’s housing crisis, the conversation often focuses on house prices, interest rates, and financial burdens. However, another dimension of this crisis is often overlooked: it is eroding people’s mental health. Vincent […]

Assignment 3

The scapegoated victims: International students and the Sydney housing crisis

2025-05-20 Shitong Zhang 0

As soaring rent prices near Sydney’s major universities push international students to the brink, Coalition leader Peter Dutton continues to scapegoat them without evidence for Australia’s housing crisis. However, multiple studies and data analyses have […]

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Why Young Australians Can’t Afford to Buy or Rent – And What Needs to Change

2025-04-18 Chuyu Zhang 1

Young Australians face an unprecedented housing crisis that threatens their ability to live independently and with stability. High property costs and the record low rate of vacancies on the rental market have made it almost […]

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Assignment 2: Rolling with the punches: Lack of housing and its impact on student mental health and wellbeing

2025-04-16 DASA0739@UNI.SYDNEY.EDU.AU 1

Story topic & angle It is a known fact that Australia has a lower level of housing supply than average OECD countries. With the upcoming federal election on 3 May, both Coalition and Labour party […]

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Online Proposal: Are international students really to blame for Australia’s housing crisis? A deeper look beyond Peter Dutton’s claims

2025-04-13 Shitong Zhang 1

I will write a news commentary based on a pre-election speech by Liberal-National Coalition leader Peter Dutton, who blamed the existing housing crisis on the increase in international students and immigration. My news commentary will […]

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Assignment 3

From Disappointment to Success: How a Young Immigrant Family Found Their Home in Sydney

2023-05-31 Tim Scholz 0

Australia has always been a country of immigrants and after the Covid-19 pandemic when borders were shut, Australia faces one of its biggest immigration waves ever. More than 300.000 people are expected to migrate in […]

A student apartment: Scape at UTS
Assignment 3

“Where can I go?”: Chinese students in Australia are facing the rental crisis

2023-05-22 Xueer Wen 0

In November 2022, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), responsible for the supervision and quality assurance of national higher education, suggested that Australian universities should transition from remote courses to normal offline courses before […]

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Assignment 2

As Sydney’s housing crisis deepens, more families are endangered to be homeless

2023-04-25 Tim Scholz 0

Background and Angle The housing market in Australia is in crisis. Rents are rising steadily and there is far too little housing on offer. Sydney is one of the most expensive places to live in […]

Assignment 2

In the context of rental crisis, can international students have an equal opportunity to compete with others?

2023-04-22 Yao Fu 1

Story background: Education has always been one of Australia’s key exports, although international students contributed $25.5 billion to Australian education in the pandemic’s volatile 2022. In January 2023, the Chinese Ministry of Education claimed that […]

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