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Liberal party drops support for caps on international students

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The government has been stripped of support for its legislation to impose caps on foreign student numbers at Australian universities. Despite backing caps on student numbers, the opposition has declared it won’t back the bill, facing criticism it's delaying measures that would reduce immigration.
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