INTERVIEW: AIWT CEO Yvonne Yeo reacts to the Government's Student Cap announcement

The government will limit the number of international student commencements to 270,000 next year, with 145,000 places for publicly funded universities. Minister Jason Clare says the caps will ensure the sector is sustainable into the future whilst the government tries to limit overseas migration to Australia after a 73 per cent increase on arrivals in the last financial year. Universities have strongly opposed the creation of caps, saying it will hurt their institutions and the broader Australian economy. SBS Western Australia Correspondent Chris Tan spoke to Yvonne Yeo, the CEO of AIWT, the Australian Institute of Workplace Training, based in Perth, WA, which delivers courses both to international and domestic students