G’Day MATES! On the New Australia-India Visa

According to a 2021 census, 710,380 Indian-born people were living in Australia, effectively making them the second-largest migrant group in the country after those born in England. The Department of Home Affairs (Australia) granted 382,000 student visas between July 2022 and February 2023. This is a 41.3 percent increase compared to the same period of 2019-2020. Should immigration continue to be encouraged in Australia? What draws Indian students to Australia, as opposed to the US and the UK? In this episode of the All Things Policy, Rohan Pai and Josiah Neal engage in a discussion on MATES, or The Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-professionals Scheme, set up between India and Australia. They delve into a plethora of topics including the history of immigration in Australia as well as the widespread controversy of violence against Indian students in Australia.