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Attachment C

Public Exhibition – Summary of Submissions –

Draft International Education Action Plan

69

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C:

Draf

t Int

erna

tiona

l Edu

catio

n Ac

tion

Plan

– S

umm

ary

of S

ubm

issi

ons

Resp

onde

nt

Key

mat

ters

Re

spon

se

Org

anisa

tion

- In

tern

atio

nal E

duca

tion

Asso

ciat

ion

of A

ustr

alia

(IE

AA)

•Su

ppor

ts p

lan

as a

n ex

empl

ar o

f loc

al g

over

nmen

t’s ro

le in

inte

rnat

iona

led

ucat

ion

•Su

gges

ts so

me

min

or te

xt e

dits

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

Org

anisa

tion

– M

acqu

arie

Uni

vers

ity

•Su

ppor

tive

of th

e pl

an

•A l

umni

Rel

atio

ns M

anag

er w

ould

like

to d

iscus

s pos

sibili

ty to

col

labo

rate

inho

stin

g al

umni

eng

agem

ent a

ctiv

ities

alo

ng w

ith S

ydne

y-ba

sed

univ

ersit

ies i

nCh

ina.

•Se

ctio

n 9

'wor

k-in

tegr

ated

lear

ning

' (p.

21):

Revi

ew o

rder

of s

trat

egie

s und

e r'e

nhan

cing

em

ploy

abili

ty' (

p.21

) i.e

. em

phas

is on

gai

ning

pro

fess

iona

lex

p erie

nce

first

.

•Co

nsid

er b

road

er a

ppro

ach

to e

mpl

oyab

ility

that

incl

udes

act

ive

citiz

ensh

ip(e

.g. c

omm

unity

vol

unte

erin

g)

•Co

nsid

er st

rate

gies

that

ben

efit

wid

er ra

nge

of st

uden

ts, e

.g.

incr

ease

volu

ntee

ring

oppo

rtun

ities

that

are

acc

essib

le to

all

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s

•Va

rious

gen

eral

com

men

ts a

nd in

sight

s sha

red

base

d on

Mac

quar

ieU

nive

rsity

’s o

wn

PACE

pro

gram

rese

arch

on

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s' ac

cess

toan

d pr

epar

edne

ss fo

r int

erns

hips

incl

udin

g: m

atch

ing

inte

rnsh

ips t

o st

udy

area

s, h

ome

coun

try

attit

udes

to in

tern

ship

s, tr

ansp

ort c

onsid

erat

ions

and

conn

ecte

dnes

s with

the

loca

l com

mun

ity.

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•F u

rthe

r mee

ting

to b

e se

t up

with

Mac

quar

ie U

nive

rsity

to d

iscus

s opp

ortu

nitie

s for

col

labo

ratio

n

•Co

mm

ents

from

Mac

quar

ie U

nive

rsity

’s o

wn

PACE

prog

ram

rese

arch

app

reci

ated

and

not

ed

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d in

wor

k-in

tegr

ated

-le

arni

ng a

ctio

ns: 3

.2, 3

.3, 3

.4 a

nd 3

.7

•Ev

alua

tion

of p

ositi

ve im

pact

on

stud

ents

will

be

cons

ider

ed a

s par

t of t

he o

ngoi

ng e

valu

atio

n of

prog

ram

s.

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l Edu

catio

n Ac

tion

Plan

– S

umm

ary

of S

ubm

issi

ons

Resp

onde

nt

Key

mat

ters

Re

spon

se

•Pr

omot

e va

lue

of in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nt a

lum

ni in

supp

ortin

g an

d en

cour

agin

gne

w in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts,

rath

er th

an si

mpl

y fo

cus o

n th

e bu

sines

s cas

e fo

rth

is (e

.g. s

ee fi

nal s

ectio

n on

p.1

6).

•Ev

alua

t ion

plan

/per

form

ance

mea

sure

s for

eac

h ac

tion

area

cou

ld h

ave

ast

rong

er fo

cus o

n im

pact

on

indi

vidu

al st

uden

ts a

nd a

lso c

onsid

erim

pact

/val

ue to

par

tner

org

anisa

tions

/loca

l com

mun

ity

Org

anisa

tion

- Syd

ney

Uni

vers

ity P

ostg

radu

ate

Repr

esen

tativ

e As

soci

atio

n (S

UPRA

)

•Co

mm

ends

the

City

on

the

plan

•In

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts =

65%

of t

otal

cas

ewor

k cl

ient

s, va

st m

ajor

ity fr

omCh

ina

•M

ost c

once

rned

with

‘wel

com

ing’

and

‘wel

lbei

ng’,

targ

et n

eeds

such

as a

sens

e of

con

nect

ion

to c

omm

unity

, and

a sa

fe a

nd re

spon

sive

envi

ronm

ent.

•La

ck o

f sui

tabl

e an

d af

ford

able

stud

ent a

ccom

mod

atio

n ne

ar m

ain

cam

pus

forc

es m

any

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s to

risk

ente

ring

into

uns

afe

and

illeg

alho

usin

g ar

rang

emen

ts.

•Cu

rren

tly a

ccom

mod

atio

n an

d te

nanc

y iss

ues m

ake

up 5

0% o

f our

new

cas

esfo

r int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s.

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•Ac

tion

take

n –

The

City

's He

alth

and

Bui

ldin

g U

nit h

as tw

oro

les t

hat f

ocus

on

unau

thor

ised

acco

mm

odat

ion

(one

build

ing

surv

eyor

and

one

inve

stig

ator

) who

wor

kto

geth

er o

n re

spon

ding

to re

port

s of i

llega

l use

and

unau

thor

ised

wor

ks to

faci

litat

e ill

egal

use

. Run

ning

para

llel w

ith c

ase

man

agem

ent o

f rep

orts

and

enfo

rcem

ent w

ork,

a c

ross

-uni

t col

labo

ratio

n ta

kes p

lace

in th

e Ci

ty a

nd w

ith e

xter

nal p

artn

ers i

n a

stra

tegi

cap

proa

ch to

fixi

ng th

e pr

oble

m o

f sub

stan

dard

unau

thor

ised

acco

mm

odat

ion

Org

anisa

tion

– Re

dfer

n Le

gal C

entr

e

•Su

ppor

tive

of th

e pl

an

•O

ffere

d fu

rthe

r fee

dbac

k an

d in

sight

into

the

pote

ntia

l iss

ues f

aced

by

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s gen

eral

ly su

ch a

s the

ir vu

lner

abili

ty to

exp

loita

tion

in

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•Ac

tion

take

n –

The

City

's He

alth

and

Bui

ldin

g U

nit h

as

two

role

s tha

t foc

us o

n un

auth

orise

d ac

com

mod

atio

n

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catio

n Ac

tion

Plan

– S

umm

ary

of S

ubm

issi

ons

Resp

onde

nt

Key

mat

ters

Re

spon

se

rela

tion

to h

ousin

g, e

mpl

oym

ent,

cons

umer

scam

s, a

nd is

sues

with

edu

catio

n pr

ovid

ers a

nd th

e im

plic

atio

ns fo

r the

ir vi

sa st

atus

.

•Pr

omot

e th

e fr

ee in

depe

nden

t leg

al se

rvic

es, a

vaila

bilit

y of

free

tran

slatio

nse

rvic

es, a

nd a

war

enes

s of a

ccom

mod

atio

n la

ws a

nd ri

ghts

.

•Hi

ghlig

hted

spec

ific

conc

erns

with

con

trac

tual

rela

tions

hip

in p

urpo

se-b

uilt

stud

ent a

ccom

mod

atio

n be

twee

n ac

com

mod

atio

n an

d ed

ucat

ion

prov

ider

san

d ab

ility

to o

pt o

ut o

f the

pro

tect

ions

gra

nted

to te

nant

s

•Ci

ted

the

need

for m

ore

cultu

rally

sens

itive

and

mul

ti-la

ngua

ge in

form

atio

nre

gard

ing

sexu

al a

ssau

lt an

d ha

rass

men

t.

•‘M

y Le

gal M

ate’

app

is in

the

final

stag

es o

f dev

elop

men

t pro

vidi

ng tu

toria

lsan

d w

ritte

n m

ater

ial i

n m

ultip

le la

ngua

ges.

•In

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nt h

ub b

enef

icia

l for

the

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

com

mun

ityto

ass

ist in

info

rmat

ion

diss

emin

atio

n to

add

ress

cha

lleng

es

(one

bui

ldin

g su

rvey

or a

nd o

ne in

vest

igat

or) w

ho w

ork

toge

ther

on

resp

ondi

ng to

repo

rts o

f ille

gal u

se a

nd

unau

thor

ised

wor

ks to

faci

litat

e ill

egal

use

. Run

ning

pa

ralle

l with

cas

e m

anag

emen

t of r

epor

ts a

nd

enfo

rcem

ent w

ork,

a c

ross

-uni

t col

labo

ratio

n ta

kes p

lace

in

the

City

and

with

ext

erna

l par

tner

s in

a st

rate

gic

appr

oach

to fi

xing

the

prob

lem

of s

ubst

anda

rd

unau

thor

ised

acco

mm

odat

ion

•Ac

tion

take

n - a

con

cert

ed a

nd o

ngoi

ng e

ffort

mad

e to

bett

er p

rom

ote

Redf

ern

Lega

l Cen

tre’

s Int

erna

tiona

lSt

uden

t Ser

vice

thro

ugh

exist

ing

City

cha

nnel

s inc

ludi

ngth

e av

aila

bilit

y of

free

tran

slatin

g se

rvic

es su

ch a

s on

the

Sexu

al A

ssau

lt Re

sour

ce F

acts

heet

and

SBS

co-

prod

uced

broc

hure

for i

nter

natio

nal s

tude

nt o

utre

ach.

•Ac

t ion

take

n –

alth

ough

stud

ent c

entr

e/hu

b is

anex

istin

g ac

tion

item

und

er w

ellb

eing

2.5

, City

has

rece

ntly

supp

orte

d th

e Re

dfer

n Le

gal t

o le

ad o

npr

ogre

ssin

g th

is pr

ojec

t; th

e Ci

ty’s

gra

nts a

ndsp

onso

rshi

ps h

ave

been

act

ivel

y pr

omot

ed to

the

sect

or

•Ac

tion

take

n –

wel

lbei

ng a

ctio

n 2.

4 am

ende

d to

incl

ude

refe

renc

e to

nee

d fo

r cul

tura

lly se

nsiti

ve a

nd m

ulti-

lingu

al re

sour

ces

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catio

n Ac

tion

Plan

– S

umm

ary

of S

ubm

issi

ons

Resp

onde

nt

Key

mat

ters

Re

spon

se

Org

anisa

tion

- Ta

nger

ine

Trai

ning

Sugg

estio

n of

a p

ossib

le c

ase

stud

y to

incl

ude

in w

ellb

eing

sect

ion

(p.1

8):

•An

art

s-ba

sed

appr

oach

to p

reve

ntio

n en

able

s int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s to

crea

tivel

y en

gage

with

thes

e po

tent

ially

diff

icul

t iss

ues a

nd m

aint

ain

a fo

cus o

nw

ellb

eing

rath

er th

an ri

sk.

•Ac

tion

take

n –w

orki

ng in

par

tner

ship

to e

xplo

re o

ptio

nsfo

r an

arts

-app

roac

h to

pre

vent

ion

as p

art o

f exi

stin

gw

ellb

eing

item

2.6

Org

anisa

tion

- So

uth

East

ern

Sydn

ey L

ocal

He

alth

Dist

rict

•Su

gges

tion

to c

onsid

er in

clud

ing

sexu

al h

ealth

issu

es a

s a to

pic.

•Th

ey a

re se

eing

an

incr

ease

of i

nter

natio

nal s

tude

nts a

cces

sing

serv

ices

at

Sout

h Ea

ster

n Sy

dney

Loc

al H

ealth

Dist

rict,

part

icul

arly

aro

und

mat

erni

tyse

rvic

es.

•Ac

tion

take

n –

refe

renc

e ad

ded

to w

ellb

eing

item

2.4

.

•Ci

ty st

aff a

re p

art o

f an

advi

sory

gro

up o

n th

is m

atte

ran

d ar

e ac

tivel

y w

orki

ng to

pro

duce

inte

r-ag

ency

reso

urce

s. T

he C

ity h

as a

lso ra

ised

the

issue

at a

ned

ucat

ion

prov

ider

foru

m.

•Pa

rtic

ipat

ing

on in

ter-

agen

cy w

orki

ng g

roup

to ra

iseaw

aren

ess o

f int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

righ

ts in

rela

tion

tose

xual

hea

lth, a

ssau

lt an

d ha

rass

men

t whi

ch c

ame

abou

tfo

llow

ing

the

2017

Edu

catio

n Pr

ovid

er F

orum

to p

rodu

cere

sour

ces t

ailo

red

to in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nt n

eeds

on

sexu

al a

ssau

lt an

d ha

rass

men

t.

•Co

ntrib

utin

g In

tern

atio

nal S

tude

nt H

ealth

Pro

mot

ion

Proj

ect t

o ra

ise a

war

enes

s of h

ealth

pro

mot

ion

initi

ativ

esfo

r int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s inc

ludi

ng re

prod

uctiv

e an

dm

ater

nity

serv

ices

Org

anisa

tion

– Gr

adab

ility

Supp

ortiv

e of

the

plan

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

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catio

n Ac

tion

Plan

– S

umm

ary

of S

ubm

issi

ons

Resp

onde

nt

Key

mat

ters

Re

spon

se

•M

ore

scal

able

way

s to

max

imise

wor

k-in

tegr

ated

lear

ning

(WIL

) opp

ortu

nitie

sfo

r int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s in

Sydn

ey b

y en

gagi

ng e

mpl

oyer

s bas

ed in

the

Sydn

ey a

rea.

(Disc

losu

re: R

eady

grad

has

subm

itted

a p

ropo

sal t

o Ci

ty o

fSy

dney

for a

pilo

t in

this

rega

rd).

•Cr

itic a

l sho

rtag

e of

pro

pert

y in

Syd

ney

zone

d fo

r edu

catio

n us

e (C

lass

9B)

not

addr

esse

d.

•Es

cala

ting

rent

s for

scho

ols (

near

ly d

oubl

e th

e eq

uiva

lent

pric

e of

Mel

bour

ne)

and

land

lord

s not

pro

vidi

ng w

elco

min

g en

viro

nmen

ts fo

r stu

dent

s mak

e it

easie

r and

mor

e co

st e

ffect

ive

to e

xpan

d ou

r int

erst

ate

oper

atio

ns, r

athe

r tha

nin

Syd

ney.

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d in

wor

k-in

tegr

ated

-le

arni

ng a

ctio

ns 3

.3, 3

.4, a

nd 3

.6

•Ac

tion

take

n –

plan

ning

uni

t of t

he C

ity n

otifi

ed o

f thi

sco

ncer

n

Org

anisa

tion

– Yo

uth

Host

els A

ustr

alia

( YH

A)

•Su

ppor

tive

of th

e pl

an

•Co

ver o

ppor

tuni

ties f

or c

oord

inat

ion

betw

een

tour

ism a

utho

ritie

s, to

urism

busin

esse

s and

the

City

.

•Su

gges

ts id

entif

ying

stra

tegi

es to

att

ract

stud

ents

to v

isit S

ydne

y an

d br

ing

toge

ther

rele

vant

org

anisa

tions

and

bus

ines

ses w

ithin

the

sect

or to

wor

k on

stra

tegi

es to

impr

ove

and

mon

itor t

heir

expe

rienc

e w

hilst

in S

ydne

y. T

his

impa

cts o

n th

e re

puta

tion

of A

ustr

alia

as a

pre

ferr

ed d

estin

atio

n fo

rin

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts.

•Ra

ised

conc

ern

abou

t p.2

0 - i

nves

tigat

ion

team

is n

ow n

ot o

pera

ting

as a

stan

d-al

one

unit.

Sug

gest

ed b

eing

exp

licit

on w

here

com

plai

nts a

bout

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

- fig

ures

show

this

is al

read

y a

stro

ngdr

iver

with

in th

e to

urism

sect

or a

nd c

aptu

red

in th

ead

opte

d To

urism

Act

ion

Plan

.

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tion

take

n –

The

City

's He

alth

and

Bui

ldin

g U

nit h

as

two

role

s tha

t foc

us o

n un

auth

orise

d ac

com

mod

atio

n (o

ne b

uild

ing

surv

eyor

and

one

inve

stig

ator

) who

wor

k to

geth

er o

n re

spon

ding

to re

port

s of i

llega

l use

and

un

auth

orise

d w

orks

to fa

cilit

ate

illeg

al u

se. R

unni

ng

para

llel w

ith c

ase

man

agem

ent o

f rep

orts

and

en

forc

emen

t wor

k, a

cro

ss-u

nit c

olla

bora

tion

take

s pla

ce

in th

e Ci

ty a

nd w

ith e

xter

nal p

artn

ers i

n a

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onde

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mat

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spon

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unau

thor

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acco

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subm

itted

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whe

re re

spon

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es. T

he

actio

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der 2

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n p.

29 sp

eaks

onl

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the

City

coo

rdin

atin

g a

resp

onse

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proa

ch

to

fixin

g th

e pr

oble

m

of

subs

tand

ard

unau

thor

ised

acco

mm

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ion.

Org

anisa

tion

– De

part

men

t of F

orei

gn

Affa

irs a

nd T

rade

(D

FAT)

•Su

ppor

tive

of th

e pl

an

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umbe

r of m

inor

edi

toria

l and

des

crip

tive

amen

dmen

ts to

text

sugg

este

din

clud

ing

requ

est t

o ad

d a

sent

ence

on

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Col

ombo

Pla

n st

uden

ts

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ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

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e ndm

ent m

ade

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te to

incl

ude

New

Colo

mbo

Pla

n re

fere

nce

Org

anisa

tion

– Au

stra

lian

Grad

uate

Sc

hool

of M

anag

emen

t (A

GSM

)

•Su

ppor

tive

of th

e pl

an

•In

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts’

impa

ct o

n en

viro

nmen

t reg

ardi

ng w

hite

good

s and

furn

iture

. Unc

lear

of d

ispos

al o

ptio

ns a

nd re

mov

alist

s exp

ensiv

e, so

thro

w it

inth

e bi

n or

leav

e it

on si

de o

f roa

d.

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form

atio

n on

resp

onsib

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ut re

cycl

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te d

ispos

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ular

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rtm

ents

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e st

uden

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ppro

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d by

nei

ghbo

urs w

hen

seen

to b

e do

ing

the

wro

ng th

ing.

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ppor

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plan

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n –

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l act

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wel

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10 to

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mun

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viro

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tal s

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ility

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tern

atio

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anisa

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– In

sider

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ides

Sect

or d

espe

rate

ly n

eeds

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atio

nal p

eak

body

for s

tude

nt a

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mod

atio

n to

prom

ote

best

pra

ctic

e.

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ploy

ers a

re ta

king

adv

anta

ge o

f int

erna

tiona

l stu

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s and

exp

loita

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epor

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out o

f fea

r the

y w

ill lo

se v

isa a

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r lac

k of

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auth

oriti

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ugge

sts t

he C

ity to

wor

k w

ith F

air W

ork

Om

buds

man

.

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tion

take

n –

alth

ough

stud

ent c

entr

e/hu

b is

anex

istin

g ac

tion

item

und

er w

ellb

eing

2.5

, City

has

rece

ntly

supp

orte

d th

e Re

dfer

n Le

gal t

o le

ad o

npr

ogre

ssin

g th

is pr

ojec

t; sp

onso

rshi

ps h

ave

been

act

ivel

ypr

omot

ed to

the

sect

or

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o fu

rthe

r act

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– al

read

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vere

d in

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ated

-le

arni

ng a

ctio

ns 3

.2 T

rans

port

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ions

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CBD

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entr

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r int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s to

enga

ge w

ith in

tern

atio

nal

stud

ents

seek

ing

assis

tanc

e w

ith h

ealth

, acc

omm

odat

ion,

fina

ncia

lm

anag

emen

t, le

gal s

uppo

rt a

nd sa

fety

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ked

wel

l in

Mel

bour

ne a

ndBr

isban

e).

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ork

with

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NSW

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te G

over

nmen

t to

prom

ote

elig

ibili

ty fo

r pub

lictr

ansp

ort c

once

ssio

ns fo

r int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s in

NSW

.

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cale

ndar

of e

xper

ienc

es th

at a

re p

rom

oted

onl

ine

once

eve

ry fo

rtni

ght o

r so

wou

ld a

lso a

llow

the

City

to b

uild

a st

rong

mai

ling

list,

givi

ng a

dire

c tc o

mm

unic

atio

n ch

anne

l to

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

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ard.

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uld

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City

cre

ate

an o

nlin

e po

rtal

that

allo

ws b

usin

esse

s to

list j

obs,

wor

kex

perie

nce

and

wor

ksho

ps re

leva

nt fo

r int

erna

tiona

l stu

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s?

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rhap

s sm

all g

rant

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ent

erpr

ising

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s to

wor

k on

chal

leng

es th

at w

ill im

prov

e in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nt e

xper

ienc

e?

by th

e N

SW S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd th

e Ci

ty a

dvoc

ates

w

here

app

ropr

iate

Org

anisa

tion

- Joi

nt

subm

issio

n fr

om:

Cent

re fo

r Soc

ial

Rese

arch

in H

ealth

, U

NSW

; Sc

hool

of

Scie

nce

and

Heal

th,

Wes

tern

Syd

ney

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vers

ity; A

CON

Po

licy,

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ateg

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d Re

sear

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clud

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xual

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tegr

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art.

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npla

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gnan

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nter

natio

nal s

tude

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stra

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as a

ttra

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of m

edia

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rest

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urg

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alls

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o m

ore

to im

prov

e se

xual

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duca

tion

for

this

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ttps

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ppor

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plan

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renc

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ded

to w

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item

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this

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rela

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ssm

ent o

nAu

stra

lian

univ

ersit

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mpu

ses (

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ifica

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reas

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sex

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men

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port

ance

of p

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sexu

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mot

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and

linka

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test

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trea

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car

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iagn

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to ri

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epi

dem

ic le

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signi

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in g

onor

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a di

agno

ses.

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ore

proa

ctiv

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d be

tter

inte

rcon

nect

ed re

ferr

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athw

ays s

o st

uden

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ange

t nec

essa

ry in

form

atio

n fr

om th

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st d

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f the

ir ar

rival

in S

ydne

y an

dco

ntin

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uate

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heal

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eeds

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ugho

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ears

(bot

h tim

e po

ints

are

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early

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rvic

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gage

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t for

gen

eral

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ell a

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cial

med

ia re

pres

enta

tions

, int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s’ se

xual

hea

lth is

ofte

n fr

amed

in te

rms o

f ‘ris

ks’.

Thei

r ‘la

ck’,

‘lim

itatio

n’, a

nd ‘f

ear’

have

cont

ribut

ed to

the

curr

ent i

ssue

. We

need

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ove

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def

icit-

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ove

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lang

uage

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ocus

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fear

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nxie

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angu

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barr

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) to

a st

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proa

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reso

urce

s not

ed.

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artic

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on in

ter-

agen

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orki

nggr

oup

to ra

ise a

war

enes

s of i

nter

natio

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tude

nt ri

ghts

in re

latio

n to

sexu

al h

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, ass

ault

and

hara

ssm

ent

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ame

abou

t fol

low

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the

2017

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catio

n Pr

ovid

erFo

rum

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sour

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ailo

red

to in

tern

atio

nal

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•Co

ngra

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n th

is in

itiat

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sees

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e Ci

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geth

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ort p

ositi

ve o

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mes

for i

nter

natio

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tude

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have

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iver

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any

succ

essf

ul jo

int i

nitia

tives

to d

ate.

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ppor

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plan

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ed

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

requ

ired.

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anisa

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- UTS

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men

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e Ci

ty o

n th

e pl

an

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vera

ll pl

an n

ot se

en a

s add

ition

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wha

t is a

lread

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City

,pr

ovid

ers a

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omm

unity

gro

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Som

e ac

tions

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ady

in p

lace

and

oth

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will

hav

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ited

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ct w

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cific

initi

ativ

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nitia

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uden

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crui

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kets

cou

ld b

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clud

ed in

wel

com

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proc

ess i

n ad

ditio

n to

stud

ent g

uide

s. T

he B

ritish

Coun

cil i

s list

ed a

s res

ourc

e to

exp

lore

. htt

ps:/

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ritish

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sear

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nder

take

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itute

of P

ublic

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rnan

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rac

tions

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(enh

ance

Syd

ney’

s str

engt

hs a

s a le

adin

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ucat

ion

dest

inat

ion)

and

2.7

(bui

ld a

dia

logu

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ith in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts)

.

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ppor

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plan

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ed

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rthe

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tura

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ent c

over

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wel

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wel

lbei

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.4, 2

.6,

2.9)

them

esal

read

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nd c

urre

nt b

usin

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s usu

al in

itiat

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o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

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wor

k-in

tegr

ated

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arni

ng a

ctio

ns 3

.3, 3

.4 a

nd 3

.6

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tion

take

n –

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City

's He

alth

and

Bui

ldin

g U

nit h

as

two

role

s tha

t foc

us o

n un

auth

orise

d ac

com

mod

atio

n (o

ne b

uild

ing

surv

eyor

and

one

inve

stig

ator

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wor

k to

geth

er o

n re

spon

ding

to re

port

s of i

llega

l use

and

un

auth

orise

d w

orks

to fa

cilit

ate

illeg

al u

se. R

unni

ng

para

llel w

ith c

ase

man

agem

ent o

f rep

orts

and

en

forc

emen

t wor

k, a

cro

ss-u

nit c

olla

bora

tion

take

s pla

ce

in th

e Ci

ty a

nd w

ith e

xter

nal p

artn

ers i

n a

stra

tegi

c ap

proa

ch to

fixi

ng th

e pr

oble

m o

f sub

stan

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read

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for

curr

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•Ac

t ion

3.5

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ated

as ‘

late

r’ bu

t int

erns

hips

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Inte

rnat

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cur

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em

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wth

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mak

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impa

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s in

Aust

ralia

abo

ut th

e Po

st S

tudy

Wor

k Vi

sa. S

till l

arge

num

ber o

f em

ploy

ers t

hat d

on’t

prov

ide

grad

uate

trai

nee

posit

ions

to st

uden

tsw

ithou

t per

man

ent r

esid

ency

due

to v

isa st

atus

unc

erta

intie

s.

unau

thor

ised

acco

mm

odat

ion.

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

- alre

ady

cove

red

in w

ork-

inte

grat

ed-

lear

ning

act

ions

3.2

,3.7

Org

anisa

tion

– N

avita

s Ed

ucat

ion

Prov

ider

Com

men

ds th

e Ci

ty o

n th

e pl

an

•Fu

lly e

ndor

se c

olla

bora

tive

part

ners

hip

appr

oach

out

lined

in th

e pl

an th

atin

corp

orat

es st

uden

ts, g

over

nmen

t, pr

ovid

ers a

nd b

usin

ess

•Su

p por

t the

key

act

ions

, par

ticul

arly

the

thre

e ke

y pi

llars

of w

elco

min

g, w

ell-

bein

g an

d w

ork-

inte

grat

ed le

arni

ng

•As

a m

ajor

inte

rnat

iona

l edu

catio

n pr

ovid

er in

Syd

ney,

Nav

itas w

ould

like

todi

scus

s the

pot

entia

l to

wor

k w

ith th

e Ci

ty a

s a st

rate

gic

part

ner t

o su

ppor

t the

real

isatio

n of

this

plan

.

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•Fu

rthe

r act

ion

take

n w

ill b

e to

mee

t to

disc

uss

colla

bora

tion

oppo

rtun

ities

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Org

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- Pub

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nd

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pact

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stre

ssan

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just

men

t, m

enta

l hea

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e av

aila

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safe

and

affo

rdab

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usin

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key

wel

lbei

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sues

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lan

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ateg

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d th

e st

atic

pro

visio

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ch a

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form

atio

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n an

nual

foru

m fo

r sta

keho

lder

s in

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sect

or. N

eed

stra

tegi

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at p

roac

tivel

y co

nsul

t with

and

invi

te p

artic

ipat

ion

from

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s the

mse

lves

, e.g

. pee

r edu

catio

n st

rate

gies

and

esta

blish

men

t of i

nter

natio

nal s

tude

nt a

dviso

ry g

roup

s to

guid

e he

alth

educ

atio

n/pr

omot

ion

cam

paig

ns.

•Re

com

men

d id

entif

icat

ion

of ‘h

ealth

nav

igat

ors’

with

in u

nive

rsiti

es o

r hea

lthse

rvic

es a

nd p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent f

or h

ealth

pro

fess

iona

ls w

ho se

ein

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts.

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xual

and

repr

oduc

tive

heal

th n

eed

to b

e na

med

as p

riorit

y he

alth

issu

es,

stra

tegi

es th

at in

corp

orat

e ed

ucat

ion

and

acce

ss to

app

ropr

iate

serv

ices

.

•Ac

know

ledg

e th

at h

ealth

incl

udes

sexu

al a

nd re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

as w

ell a

sm

enta

l hea

lth a

nd p

hysic

al h

ealth

. We

are

part

icul

arly

con

cern

ed a

bout

:•

vuln

erab

ility

of y

oung

fem

ale

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s to

gend

er b

ased

hara

ssm

ent a

nd a

ssau

lt, a

nd th

eir a

cces

s to

info

rmat

ion

and

affo

rdab

lese

xual

and

repr

oduc

tive

heal

th c

are

•hi

gh n

umbe

r of a

bort

ions

and

unp

lann

ed p

regn

anci

es a

mon

gst

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s in

Aust

ralia

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•Ac

tion

take

n –

wel

lbei

ng a

ctio

n 2.

4 am

ende

d to

incl

ude

refe

renc

e to

nee

d fo

r cul

tura

lly se

nsiti

ve a

nd m

ulti-

lingu

al re

sour

ces;

wor

king

in p

artn

ersh

ip to

exp

lore

optio

ns fo

r an

arts

-app

roac

h to

pre

vent

ion

as p

art o

fex

istin

g ite

m 2

06

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tion

take

n –

refe

renc

e ad

ded

to w

ellb

eing

item

2.4

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ty st

aff p

art o

f adv

isory

gro

up o

n th

is m

atte

r and

activ

ely

wor

king

to p

rodu

ce in

ter-

agen

cy re

sour

ces;

City

had

addr

esse

d iss

ue a

t pre

viou

s pro

vide

r for

um;

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rtic

ipat

ing

on in

ter-

agen

cy w

orki

ng g

roup

to ra

iseaw

aren

ess o

f int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

righ

ts in

rela

tion

tose

xual

hea

lth, a

ssau

lt an

d ha

rass

men

t whi

ch c

ame

abou

tfo

llow

ing

the

2017

Edu

catio

n Pr

ovid

er F

orum

to p

rodu

cere

sour

ces t

ailo

red

to in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nt n

eeds

on

sexu

al a

ssau

lt an

d ha

rass

men

t;

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ntrib

utin

g In

tern

atio

nal S

tude

nt H

ealth

Pro

mot

ion

Proj

ect t

o ra

ise a

war

enes

s of h

ealth

pro

mot

ion

initi

ativ

esfo

r int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s inc

ludi

ng re

prod

uctiv

e an

dm

ater

nity

serv

ices

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Key

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Re

spon

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•yo

ung

men

who

hav

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en (M

SM) a

nd re

cent

ly a

rriv

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Aust

ralia

are

not

ben

efitt

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from

cur

rent

edu

catio

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d pr

even

tion

effo

rts (

HIV

notif

icat

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rate

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t dec

lined

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her g

roup

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infe

ctio

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ong

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ople

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ener

al a

nd th

e po

ssib

le la

ckof

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ess a

bout

this

infe

ctio

n an

d te

stin

g an

d tr

eatm

ent a

mon

gin

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts

•In

vest

men

t in

rese

arch

on

asso

ciat

ions

bet

wee

n he

alth

and

wel

lbei

ng a

ndho

usin

g an

d ac

cess

to h

ealth

serv

ices

.

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cess

ive

prop

ortio

n of

inco

me

on a

ccom

mod

atio

n to

live

in c

row

ded,

poo

rly-

situa

ted,

tenu

ous a

nd in

adeq

uate

dw

ellin

gs.

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ncer

ns o

f pos

sible

inst

ance

s of l

andl

ords

dem

andi

ng se

x in

exc

hang

e fo

rch

eape

r ren

t or a

cces

s to

acco

mm

odat

ion.

The

ove

r-cr

owdi

ng c

ould

cre

ate

situa

tions

for s

exua

l ass

ault.

Also

, lat

e ni

ght t

rave

lling

long

dist

ance

s exp

oses

stud

ents

to ri

sks.

•Pr

ovid

ing

info

rmat

ion

abou

t exi

sten

ce o

f hea

lth se

rvic

es a

t orie

ntat

ion

isin

suffi

cien

t. M

ore

proa

ctiv

e an

d su

stai

ned

stra

tegi

es a

re n

eede

d to

impa

ct o

nkn

owle

dge,

hea

lth li

tera

cy a

nd a

cces

s to

heal

th c

are

for a

rang

e of

sexu

al,

repr

oduc

tive

and

men

tal h

ealth

issu

es.

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Key

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Re

spon

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Org

anisa

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– Co

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com

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ovid

er

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of th

e pl

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•Gr

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d ‘p

rem

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dent

acco

mm

odat

ion

optio

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re o

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on fe

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ost o

f liv

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mor

e st

uden

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nd st

ress

of p

rivat

e re

ntal

mar

ket w

hen

first

arr

ivin

g in

tens

ifyin

g iss

ues.

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

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tion

take

n –T

he C

ity's

Heal

th a

nd B

uild

ing

Uni

t has

two

role

s tha

t foc

us o

n un

auth

orise

d ac

com

mod

atio

n (o

nebu

ildin

g su

rvey

or a

nd o

ne in

vest

igat

or) w

ho w

ork

toge

ther

on

resp

ondi

ng to

repo

rts o

f ille

gal u

se a

ndun

auth

orise

d w

orks

to fa

cilit

ate

illeg

al u

se. R

unni

ngpa

ralle

l with

cas

e m

anag

emen

t of r

epor

ts a

nden

forc

emen

t wor

k, a

cro

ss-u

nit c

olla

bora

tion

take

s pla

cein

the

City

and

with

ext

erna

l par

tner

s in

a st

rate

gic

appr

oach

to fi

xing

the

prob

lem

of s

ubst

anda

rdun

auth

orise

d ac

com

mod

atio

n.

Org

anisa

tion

– N

SW

Fire

and

Res

cue

Supp

ortiv

e of

the

plan

•Tr

ansla

ted

info

rmat

ion

is av

aila

ble

for t

he st

uden

ts a

nd F

RNSW

con

duct

info

rmat

ion

sess

ions

with

bili

ngua

l wor

kers

upo

n re

ques

t.

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NSW

con

duct

ed re

sear

ch (M

osai

c pr

ofili

ng to

ol) i

n N

SW. F

indi

ngs s

how

Inte

rnat

iona

l Stu

dent

s are

in o

ur to

p te

n “m

ost a

t risk

” gr

oups

not

kno

win

g:o

Our

role

and

serv

ice

deliv

ery

as a

n Em

erge

ncy

serv

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w to

cal

l us i

n an

Em

erge

ncy,

Trip

le Z

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(000

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Uns

afe

cook

ing

prac

tices

with

in th

eir h

ouse

hold

so

Cove

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inst

alle

d Fi

re S

afet

y eq

uipm

ent w

ith p

last

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ags w

hilst

cook

ing

with

por

tabl

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oks i

nsid

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eir p

rem

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oM

iscon

cept

ion

of F

RNSW

bei

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ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e m

ilita

ry

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– Fi

re a

nd R

escu

e al

read

y a

stra

tegi

cpa

rtne

r who

the

City

wor

ks w

ith to

add

ress

thes

e iss

ues

and

thro

ugh

part

icip

atin

g in

the

Lord

May

or’s

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iden

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Org

anisa

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nive

rsity

of N

ew

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ngra

tula

tes t

he C

ity o

f Syd

ney

for h

avin

g fo

resig

ht to

dev

elop

an

Inte

rnat

iona

l Edu

catio

n Ac

tion

Plan

.

•It

will

ass

ist to

dire

ct fu

ture

con

vers

atio

ns a

bout

Inte

rnat

iona

l Edu

catio

n an

dIn

tern

atio

nal S

tude

nts

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

Org

anisa

tion

– U

nive

rsity

of S

ydne

y •

Com

men

ds th

e Ci

ty o

n th

e pl

an

•Su

gges

ts u

pdat

ing

figur

es w

ith th

ose

new

ly re

leas

ed

•Lo

oks f

orw

ard

to w

orki

ng w

ith th

e Ci

ty in

the

futu

re o

n id

entif

ying

inno

vativ

eac

tiviti

es to

supp

ort S

ydne

y as

a u

niqu

ely

attr

activ

e ed

ucat

ion

dest

inat

ion

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•Ac

tion

take

n - f

igur

es u

pdat

ed

Org

anisa

tion

– In

tern

atio

nal S

tude

nts

Asso

ciat

ion

Net

wor

k Au

stra

lia (

ISAN

A)

•Su

gges

ts p

re-d

epar

ture

info

rmat

ion:

stud

ents

hav

e ac

cess

to in

fo a

bout

Aust

ralia

at a

irpor

t in

hom

e co

untr

y. E

G co

uld

they

pic

k up

a (t

rans

late

d)st

uden

t gui

de (s

omet

hing

like

insid

er g

uide

s) b

efor

e th

ey g

et o

n th

e pl

ane.

•Th

e ci

ty c

ould

nur

ture

the

rela

tions

hip

not j

ust w

ith th

e in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

ntbu

t the

ir fa

mily

/frie

nds t

hat w

ill v

isit a

t som

e po

int.

•Co

nnec

tions

bet

wee

n In

dige

nous

Aus

tral

ians

and

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s.

•N

oted

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– ite

m c

over

ed in

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Org

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f Aus

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ia

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ppor

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e pl

an

•Ex

ecut

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sum

mar

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quite

long

. Red

uce

it w

ith m

ore

spec

ific

and

sum

mar

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info

rmat

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cont

ent a

long

with

the

mor

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leva

nt p

ictu

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ould

incl

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a pa

ragr

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light

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the

long

-last

ing

rela

tions

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und

erth

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ellb

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or a

s a se

para

te se

ctio

n re

latin

g to

all

the

area

s of a

ctio

n.

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few

Inte

rnat

iona

l Stu

dent

s pro

files

/sto

ries c

an b

e ad

ded

to th

e w

ork

inte

grat

ed le

arni

ng (W

IL) t

o sh

owca

se th

eir a

chie

vem

ents

.

•In

trod

uce

som

e de

gree

rela

ted

WIL

pro

gram

s to

cont

ribut

e to

war

ds th

e sk

illde

velo

pmen

t and

pro

vide

the

rele

vant

wor

k ex

perie

nce

for f

utur

eem

ploy

abili

ty.

•Va

rious

exp

loita

tion

issue

s are

requ

ired

to b

e pu

rsue

d (a

ccom

mod

atio

n,w

orkp

lace

exp

loita

tion

etc.

). Pr

ovid

e an

insig

ht o

n so

me

criti

cal i

ssue

s and

how

they

shal

l be

tack

led

over

the

next

few

yea

rs.

•Tr

ansp

ort c

once

ssio

n sh

ould

be

addr

esse

d, a

maj

or fa

ctor

in c

hoos

ing

a st

udy

dest

inat

ion.

NSW

is th

e on

ly st

ate

with

out t

rans

port

ince

ntiv

es.

•Co

nnec

tions

with

the

regi

onal

uni

vers

ities

shou

ld b

e m

ade

stro

nger

to h

elp

arra

nge

prog

ram

s & a

ctiv

ities

.

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d in

wor

k-in

tegr

ated

-le

arni

ng a

ctio

ns 3

.3;3

.4;3

.6

•Ac

tion

take

n –

The

City

's He

alth

and

Bui

ldin

g U

nit h

as tw

o ro

les t

hat f

ocus

on

unau

thor

ised

acco

mm

odat

ion

(one

bu

ildin

g su

rvey

or a

nd o

ne in

vest

igat

or) w

ho w

ork

toge

ther

on

resp

ondi

ng to

repo

rts o

f ille

gal u

se a

nd

unau

thor

ised

wor

ks to

faci

litat

e ill

egal

use

. Run

ning

pa

ralle

l with

cas

e m

anag

emen

t of r

epor

ts a

nd

enfo

rcem

ent w

ork,

a c

ross

-uni

t col

labo

ratio

n ta

kes p

lace

in

the

City

and

with

ext

erna

l par

tner

s in

a st

rate

gic

appr

oach

to fi

xing

the

prob

lem

of s

ubst

anda

rd

unau

thor

ised

acco

mm

odat

ion.

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d in

wor

k-in

tegr

ated

-le

arni

ng a

ctio

ns 3

.2 T

rans

port

con

cess

ions

are

con

trol

led

by th

e N

SW S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd th

e Ci

ty a

dvoc

ates

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te

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Key

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Re

spon

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•N

o gr

aphi

cal r

epre

sent

atio

n of

any

fact

s and

figu

res.

Incl

ude

tren

dpl

ots/

grap

hs to

supp

ort t

he c

hang

es, i

mpa

cts,

impr

ovem

ents

and

futu

reta

rget

s in

term

s of w

ell-b

eing

, saf

ety,

and

em

ploy

abili

ty.

Com

mun

ity G

roup

ISLA

am

bass

ador

Abou

t Sec

tion:

Fro

m v

iew

poi

nt o

f an

Inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

inst

ead

ofem

phas

ising

eco

nom

ic c

ontr

ibut

ion

at b

egin

ning

stro

ngly

reco

mm

end

rear

rang

ing

and

brin

g it

dow

n af

ter c

ultu

ral,

dive

rsity

con

trib

utio

n by

stud

ents

.

•Co

ntem

pora

ry C

halle

nges

sect

ion:

too

gene

ral w

hen

men

tioni

ng a

vaila

ble

serv

ices

. E.g

. spe

cific

ally

men

tion

Fair

Wor

k O

mbu

dsm

an, U

niva

tive

Sydn

ey,

and

Redf

ern

Lega

l Cen

tre.

•Sh

ould

eng

age

othe

r ins

titut

ions

bey

ond

UTS

to p

rovi

de a

var

iety

of c

ase

stud

ies.

•A b

out h

alf o

r mor

e of

the

UO

W in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts a

re li

ving

in S

ydne

y an

dco

mm

ute

mos

t day

s to

atte

nd c

lass

es in

UO

W.

•Ha

ve in

augu

rate

d pr

ogra

ms a

nd n

etw

orki

ng in

itiat

ives

for s

tude

nts f

rom

bot

hSy

dney

and

Wol

long

ong.

•N

eed

to a

dvoc

ate

for p

ublic

tran

spor

t con

cess

ion

fare

s for

inte

rnat

ion a

lst

uden

ts.

•N

oted

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

- Wol

long

ong

stud

ents

hav

e th

e sa

me

acce

ss to

the

initi

ativ

es th

at a

ll in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts

have

livi

ng, s

tudy

ing

or w

orki

ng in

our

loca

l are

a

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d in

wor

k-in

tegr

ated

-le

arni

ng a

ctio

ns 3

.2 T

rans

port

con

cess

ions

are

con

trol

led

by th

e N

SW S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent

and

the

City

adv

ocat

esw

here

app

ropr

iate

Com

mun

ity G

roup

Engl

ish la

ngua

ge

teac

hers

•Co

ngra

tula

tes t

he C

ity o

n ta

king

the

lead

with

the

plan

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

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Key

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Re

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•La

ngua

ge a

nd c

omm

unic

atio

n ba

rrie

rs a

ffect

edu

catio

nal p

erfo

rman

ce, u

nabl

eto

con

nect

with

loca

l com

mun

ities

, fee

l iso

late

d, lo

nely

, dep

ress

ed a

nd h

ave

diffi

culty

acc

essin

g se

rvic

es (s

uch

as p

olic

e).

•Lo

c al l

ibra

ries c

ould

be

a ga

tew

ay fo

r mor

e lo

cal c

omm

unity

inte

ract

ion.

•Di

scrim

inat

ion

need

s to

be a

ddre

ssed

(e.g

. som

e la

ndlo

rds n

ot le

asin

g to

Chin

ese

stud

ents

or h

omes

tays

reje

ctin

g ap

plic

atio

ns fr

om C

hine

se st

uden

ts;

som

e em

ploy

ers n

ot h

iring

Chi

nese

or I

ndia

ns).

•M

ore

mul

tilin

gual

on

arriv

al in

form

atio

n ne

eded

incl

udin

g w

elfa

re a

ndle

arni

ng su

ppor

t of h

ow to

adj

ust t

o th

e Au

stra

lian

educ

atio

n sy

stem

, writ

ten

from

stud

ent p

ersp

ectiv

es.

•M

ore

subs

idise

d ac

com

mod

atio

n fo

r int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s.

•Co

s t o

f tra

nspo

rt sh

ould

be

the

sam

e as

loca

l stu

dent

s.

•En

c our

age

empl

oyer

s to

offe

r par

t-tim

e em

ploy

men

t (as

wel

l as w

ell o

rgan

ised

volu

ntee

ring

and

inte

rnsh

ip o

ppor

tuni

ties)

to in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts w

ithou

tex

ploi

tatio

n.

•Cu

rre n

t and

pla

nned

act

iviti

es d

o no

t add

ress

the

mos

t sig

nific

ant i

ssue

s fac

edby

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s.

•Ac

tion

take

n –

wel

lbei

ng a

ctio

n 2.

4 am

ende

d to

incl

ude

refe

renc

e to

nee

d fo

r cul

tura

lly se

nsiti

ve a

nd m

ulti-

lingu

al re

sour

ces;

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d un

der w

ellb

eing

actio

n 2.

8

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– ad

dres

sed

thro

ugh

wel

lbei

ng a

ctio

n2.

7

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d in

wor

k-in

tegr

ated

-le

arni

ng a

ctio

ns 3

.2 T

rans

port

con

cess

ions

are

con

trol

led

by th

e N

SW S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd th

e Ci

ty a

dvoc

ates

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d in

wor

k-in

tegr

ated

-le

arni

ng a

ctio

ns 3

.3;3

.4

•Ac

tion

take

n –

The

City

's He

alth

and

Bui

ldin

g U

nit h

as

two

role

s tha

t foc

us o

n un

auth

orise

d ac

com

mod

atio

n (o

ne b

uild

ing

surv

eyor

and

one

inve

stig

ator

) who

wor

k to

geth

er o

n re

spon

ding

to re

port

s of i

llega

l use

and

un

auth

orise

d w

orks

to fa

cilit

ate

illeg

al u

se. R

unni

ng

para

llel w

ith c

ase

man

agem

ent o

f rep

orts

and

en

forc

emen

t wor

k, a

cro

ss-u

nit c

olla

bora

tion

take

s pla

ce

in th

e Ci

ty a

nd w

ith e

xter

nal p

artn

ers i

n a

stra

tegi

c ap

proa

ch to

fixi

ng th

e pr

oble

m o

f sub

stan

dard

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Key

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Re

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•Do

esn’

t inc

lude

mea

sure

s (ge

neric

or t

ailo

red)

, rep

ortin

g on

impa

ct o

r usin

gda

ta a

naly

tics t

o in

form

futu

re st

rate

gies

and

act

iviti

es. H

ow m

any

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s hav

e be

nefit

ed, w

ho a

nd w

here

are

they

?

•Sh

u ttin

g do

wn

illeg

al h

ousin

g cr

eate

s mor

e pr

oble

ms t

han

solu

tions

. Inc

lude

how

the

City

’s a

ctiv

ities

supp

ort a

nd a

re su

ppor

ted

by o

ther

initi

ativ

es a

t all

leve

ls of

gov

ernm

ent,

indu

stry

and

the

com

mun

ity.

•St

ates

in th

e pa

st it

has

bee

n ch

alle

ngin

g to

wor

k on

initi

ativ

es in

volv

ing

mul

tiple

par

tner

s (p.

15) s

o ho

w w

ill th

is be

add

ress

ed?

Who

can

and

shou

ldas

sum

e le

ader

ship

and

ens

ure

colla

bora

tion,

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d im

pact

mea

sure

men

t?

•Th

e re

are

gaps

. E.g

. act

iviti

es to

add

ress

disc

rimin

atio

n in

the

com

mun

ity,

part

icul

arly

tow

ards

non

-Eur

opea

n st

uden

ts.

•Be

tter

targ

etin

g ne

eded

, alm

ost a

ll in

itiat

ives

are

gen

eral

and

impl

emen

ted

ina

scat

tere

d ap

proa

ch.

•Ed

ucat

ion

prov

ider

s sho

uld

be re

spon

sible

und

er le

gisla

tion

for e

nsur

ing

ever

yin

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nt is

aw

are

of th

e st

uden

t wel

com

e, th

eir r

ight

s and

has

acce

ss to

bas

ic in

form

atio

n on

all

esse

ntia

l ser

vice

s; th

is co

uld

be e

mbe

dded

inla

ngua

ge a

nd e

duca

tiona

l pro

gram

s.

•Ci

ty’s

inte

rnsh

ip p

rogr

am o

nly

for 1

6 st

uden

ts p

er y

ear –

litt

le im

pact

, ins

tead

use

reso

urce

s to

enco

urag

e an

d ed

ucat

e al

l City

wor

kpla

ces t

o of

fer

inte

rnsh

ips a

nd m

aint

ain

a da

taba

se fo

r rep

ortin

g, m

onito

ring

and

anal

ytic

s;

unau

thor

ised

acco

mm

odat

ion.

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d in

wor

k-in

tegr

ated

-le

arni

ng a

ctio

ns 3

.3;3

.4;3

.6

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– ite

m c

over

ed in

wel

lbei

ng 2

.9 a

ndw

elco

min

g 1.

1

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Re

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ISLA

– w

hat i

s the

reac

h? H

ow a

re th

e le

ader

s sel

ecte

d? W

hy a

re re

sour

ces

allo

cate

d to

bui

ldin

g le

ader

ship

usin

g a

narr

ow p

arad

igm

?

•Ad

dres

s all

key

dim

ensio

ns o

f saf

ety:

wat

er, h

ealth

, acc

omm

odat

ion,

empl

oym

ent,

soci

al, c

rime

rela

ted,

lega

l, ed

ucat

iona

l, em

erge

ncie

s, tr

ansp

ort,

driv

ing

and

road

rule

s.

•N

eed

to a

ddre

ss:

oso

cial

and

com

mun

ity c

onne

ctio

nso

barr

iers

in a

cces

sing

serv

ices

oco

st o

f liv

ing

and

othe

r cha

lleng

es a

lread

y id

entif

ied

in e

arlie

r City

of

Sydn

ey re

port

oa

stro

nger

focu

s on

build

ing

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

aw

aren

ess o

fAb

orig

inal

peo

ple,

cul

ture

s and

hist

orie

s

•In

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nt g

uide

not

writ

ten

from

a st

uden

t’s p

ersp

ectiv

e an

d no

tw

ell d

istrib

uted

Indi

vidu

al

•Su

gges

tion

to p

rom

ote

colla

bora

tive

lear

ning

cul

ture

of o

ur a

borig

inal

peo

ple,

have

them

mor

e en

gage

d w

ith m

usic

/son

g/da

nce

and

lear

ning

insid

e an

dou

tsid

e th

e cl

assr

oom

.

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– ite

m c

over

ed in

wel

lbei

ng 2

.9 a

ndw

elco

min

g 1.

1

Indi

vidu

al

•Li

kes t

he w

ay th

e pl

an is

arr

ange

d

•Pr

omot

ion:

how

can

you

mak

e it

attr

activ

e fo

r alu

mni

who

hav

e go

ne b

ack

hom

e to

pro

mot

e th

e Ci

ty?

•Su

ppor

t for

the

plan

not

ed

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Key

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Re

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•W

ellb

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sect

or: I

s the

mos

t out

stan

ding

aim

and

pro

gram

safe

hou

sing

and

tena

ncy

right

s? M

entio

n m

ore

spec

ific

prog

ram

s or c

ampa

igns

that

enh

ance

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s’ un

ders

tand

ing

of h

ealth

rela

ted

issue

s suc

h as

men

tal

heal

th a

nd h

ome

sickn

ess,

onl

y m

entio

n at

the

begi

nnin

g.

•Ac

tion:

Nee

d ex

ampl

es w

ith e

very

act

ion

in ‘h

ow w

e w

ill d

o it’

, onl

y so

me

prov

ide

exam

ples

.

Indi

vidu

al

•Is

sue

conc

essio

n fo

r int

erna

tiona

l stu

dent

s on

tran

spor

t.•

No

furt

her a

ctio

n –

alre

ady

cove

red

in w

ork-

inte

grat

ed-

lear

ning

act

ions

3.2

Tra

nspo

rt c

once

ssio

ns a

re c

ontr

olle

dby

the

NSW

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t and

the

City

adv

ocat

esw

here

app

ropr

iate

•In

volv

e in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts f

rom

Wol

long

ong.

•Ac

com

mod

atio

n in

Syd

ney

and

stud

y in

Wol

long

ong

ther

efor

e fa

ce d

iffic

ultie

sin

inte

ract

ing

with

com

mun

ities

.

•N

oted

- W

ollo

ngon

g st

uden

ts h

ave

the

sam

e ac

cess

toth

e in

itiat

ives

that

all

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

s hav

e liv

ing,

stud

ying

or w

orki

ng in

our

loca

l are

a

•N

o fu

rthe

r act

ion

– al

read

y co

vere

d un

der w

ellb

eing

ac

tion

2.8

Actio

n ta

ken

– Th

e Ci

ty's

Heal

th a

nd B

uild

ing

Uni

t has

tw

o ro

les t

hat f

ocus

on

unau

thor

ised

acco

mm

odat

ion

(one

bui

ldin

g su

rvey

or a

nd o

ne in

vest

igat

or) w

ho w

ork

toge

ther

on

resp

ondi

ng to

repo

rts o

f ille

gal u

se a

nd

unau

thor

ised

wor

ks to

faci

litat

e ill

egal

use

. Run

ning

pa

ralle

l with

cas

e m

anag

emen

t of r

epor

ts a

nd

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