WIRE — Australia has slapped international applicants with a massive 25 per cent hike on student visa fees, raising the cost to AUD 2,500. However, short-term ELICOS language courses have been handed a much lower fee of AUD 2,050 amidst high visa rejection rates for Indian students. 

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