Present again: Gillard’s plan to weed out the shonks

The federal government isn’t waiting for its latest review to wind up before it changes consumer protection legislation for overseas students. Last week, education minister Julia Gillard introduced a Bill to amend the Education Services for Overseas Students Act, just 11 days after revealing that the ESOS review she’d planned for next financial year would now start this month under Bruce Baird’s stewardship (CR, 18.08.09) (CR, 17.08.09).