October 9, 2021

Australia shuts down cheating site assignmenthelp4you.com

Australia's Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) has obtained a Federal Court order that requires 51 carriage service providers to block access to the websites assignmenthelp4you.com, and assignmenthelp2u.com. A "carriage

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October 4, 2021

Macquarie University international student tricked by fake police scam

Durva Bhatt, an Indian international student studying engineering at Macquarie University, lost A$3,740 in a 'fake police officer' scam. Durva - who comes from the Indian state of Gujarat -

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Worker Exploitation

September 25, 2021

How your student job could land you in jail…

In August 2020 Australia cracked down on contract cheating by legislating new criminal offences to target the practice. What is contract cheating? Contract cheating includes different types of behaviours in which

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Scam

September 24, 2021

International student loses $38k in fake police scam

A conman posing as an Australian Federal Police officer robbed an international student in Melbourne of A$38,000 - her entire life savings. On 16 August, a man pretending to be a

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Road Safety

May 1, 2021

Indian international student Rishabh Verma killed in truck crash

20-year-old Indian international student Rishabh Verma was killed in an accident involving two trucks in the early hours of the morning on 28 April. Originally from Moga, Punjab, he traveled

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Water Safety

April 3, 2021

Indian dad crosses closed border for injured international student son

During the Christmas holidays Melbourne-based international student Manjot Singh Cheema took a trip to Adelaide with friends. They booked in to a hotel and decided to go for a

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Water Safety

March 26, 2021

Pakistani international student trapped, drowned in car

Over the past week torrential rain has lashed the east coast of Australia resulting in massive flooding. Early in the morning of Wednesday 24 March, Pakistani international student Ayaz Younus, from

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Worker Exploitation

February 6, 2021

Bubble tea boss’ buddy slaps international student who asked for pay

In the video below a young female international student is slapped in the face and kicked in the stomach while working at Adelaide bubble tea store, Funtea, on Friday 29

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Mental Health

January 20, 2021

Australia – 47 international student suicides in 10 years

Research by the Coroners Prevention Unit in the Australian state of Victoria has found that 47 international students committed suicide in Australia between 2009-2019. The research was requested by Victorian

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Road Safety

January 7, 2021

International student Rakshitha Mallepally saves 9 lives

On New Years Eve, Rakshitha Mallepally, an Indian international student studying in Australia, was involved in a serious road accident in Sydney. Just after 3:30am on Thursday 31 December 2020 emergency

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