Ban on Agent Commissions to Protect Foreign Students
The Australian Government will ban the payment of commissions to education agents for international student transfers.
Education providers will be prohibited from paying education agents a commission for the recruitment of an international student transferring from one provider to another after commencing their study.
This removes the incentive for unscrupulous agents to facilitate unnecessary transfers of overseas students, and ensures that agents and institutions are working in the best interests of their students.
To allow existing contracts between providers and agents to be fulfilled, commissions can still be paid if the student is accepted by the provider on or before 31 March 2026.
This change follows the Albanese Government’s passage of legislation in November 2025 to strengthen the integrity of the international education sector.
An email will be sent to all providers with a link to the full updated National Code when it has been published.
Quotes attributable to Australian Assistant Minister for International Education Julian Hill:
“Genuine providers have been calling for this important change, and the Government has listened and acted.”
“Banning education agents from gaining unnecessary commissions will strengthen integrity in Australia’s international education system, and put the interests of students first.”
“It will curb the practice of agents persuading newly arrived students to abandon their course and unnecessarily transfer to another provider.”
https://ministers.education.gov.au/hill/protecting-international-students-banning-agent-commission-payments-transfers
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