Universities Australia is the peak body representing Australia’s 39 comprehensive universities. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the review of Australia’s migration system.

As the peak body for Australia’s 39 comprehensive universities, Universities Australia welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Defence Strategic Review 2022 (the review). In this submission, we lay out the role that Australia’s universities currently play, and the various roles they could play in the future of the nation’s defence capability.

Our submission contains commentary on a number of specific issues relating to the provision of OSHC along with a summary of member feedback to the consultation questions.