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#c8973a;\n text-decoration: none;\n }\n .footer .footer-brand {\n font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;\n font-size: 14px;\n font-weight: 700;\n color: #0f2540;\n margin-bottom: 6px;\n }\n .footer .unsub {\n font-size: 11px;\n color: #a09880;\n margin-top: 10px;\n }\n\n @media (max-width: 660px) {\n .masthead, .toc, .opening, .article, .footer, .this-week-bar { padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; }\n .pub-name { font-size: 22px; }\n .masthead-top { flex-direction: column; gap: 6px; }\n }\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n<div class=\"email-wrapper\">\n\n \n <div class=\"masthead\">\n <div class=\"masthead-eyebrow\">Australia’s international education sector \u2014 the mechanics<\/div>\n <div class=\"masthead-top\">\n <div class=\"pub-name\">Inside International<br>Education<\/div>\n <div class=\"issue-meta\">\n <span class=\"issue-num\">Issue 2<\/span>\n <span class=\"issue-date\">April 2026<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"masthead-tagline\">By Jan Karel Bejcek \u2014 Educli<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"this-week-bar\">In This Issue<\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"toc\">\n <div class=\"toc-label\">This edition<\/div>\n <ul>\n <li>The ESOS commission shift \u2014 what actually changed from 31 March 2026<\/li>\n <li>Onshore transfers: the ban that will catch providers off guard<\/li>\n <li>Scenario stress-test: when is commission payable \u2014 and when is it not?<\/li>\n <li>The audit question providers are not prepared for<\/li>\n <li>Sector update \u2014 what else is moving right now<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"opening\">\n <p>The ESOS amendments that took effect on 1 April 2026 have been discussed for months. But most of the conversation has been about what changed in principle. This edition is about what changed in practice \u2014 specifically for providers managing agent commissions.<\/p>\n <p>One rule in particular will catch providers off guard. If you are paying commissions for onshore student transfers, that practice is now generally prohibited. And the transition date has passed.<\/p>\n <div class=\"sign-off\">Let’s work through it properly. \u2014 Jan<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">01<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Policy Shift<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>Commissions Are No Longer Just a Commercial Decision<\/h2>\n\n <p>For most of the past two decades, commissions were treated as a bilateral arrangement between providers and agents. The government set the framework \u2014 ESOS, the National Code, the agent management obligations \u2014 but the commercial terms were yours to negotiate.<\/p>\n\n <p>That framing has changed.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"pull-quote\">The government is now treating commissions as a risk signal, a behavioural incentive, and a regulatory integrity issue \u2014 not just a finance line.<\/div>\n\n <p>The reforms are designed around a specific concern: that commission structures can incentivise behaviour that undermines visa integrity, student welfare, and sector credibility. When the incentive is wrong, the behaviour follows. And the evidence accumulated over the post-COVID surge period was hard to ignore.<\/p>\n\n <p>The result is a framework where commissions are subject to new restrictions, and where providers are expected to be able to explain and justify every payment if asked. The days of paying on invoice without documentation or logic are over \u2014 at least if you want to be audit-ready.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">02<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Compliance \u2014 Action Required<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>The Onshore Transfer Ban: What It Means and When It Applies<\/h2>\n\n <div class=\"alert-box\">\n <div class=\"alert-label\">\u26a0 New rule \u2014 effective 31 March 2026<\/div>\n <p>Paying a commission for the recruitment of a student who has already commenced with another registered provider \u2014 and is being transferred to your institution onshore \u2014 is generally prohibited from 31 March 2026.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>There is a transition carve-out: the ban does not apply where the student was accepted for enrolment on or before 31 March 2026. If that acceptance occurred before the commencement date, you are in the transition window. After that date, the default position is that commission is not payable for these cases.<\/p>\n\n <p>The practical impact is significant for providers in vocational pathways \u2014 cookery, aged care, trades \u2014 where onshore student conversions have been a material part of agent recruitment activity. It also directly affects agents whose practice model has been built around onshore re-enrolment, and the agents specialising in what the sector sometimes calls “rescue transfers.”<\/p>\n\n <p>Providers need to audit their current pipeline now. If you have pending commission invoices that relate to onshore transfers accepted after 31 March, you need to understand your exposure before those invoices are processed.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">03<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Scenario Analysis<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>When Is Commission Payable? A Stress-Test of Common Scenarios<\/h2>\n\n <p>The new framework is easier to understand through scenarios than through general principles. Here are the situations providers encounter most frequently, and how the logic now applies.<\/p>\n\n <ul class=\"scenario-list\">\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Course change within the same provider<\/span>\n The ESOS framework does not prohibit commission here \u2014 this is not an onshore transfer between providers. Whether commission is payable depends entirely on your agent agreement. Best practice: treat this as a variation, not a new recruitment. Do not automatically trigger a new commission unless there is net new tuition revenue and your agreement explicitly permits a top-up. Internal changes should never be used to re-trigger commissions artificially.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Major pivot \u2014 e.g. Bachelor of Commerce to Cookery, same provider<\/span>\n Commission is not automatically prohibited, but this is a high-risk scenario. A documented rationale is essential: academic progression, career alignment, or personal welfare circumstances. File notes and internal approval are non-negotiable. Without documentation, this looks exactly like the kind of agent-led churn the reforms are targeting.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\ud83d\udeab<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Major pivot \u2014 student transfers from another provider<\/span>\n If the student has commenced elsewhere and your agent recruits them to your institution, this falls squarely within the onshore transfer prohibition from 31 March 2026. Commission is not payable in most cases.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\u23f8<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Deferral before commencement<\/span>\n The student has not started. No tuition has been received. Commission should not be payable, or should be held until commencement occurs. Check your agreements \u2014 many legacy contracts do not address this clearly.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\u2705<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Deferral after commencement<\/span>\n The student has started and tuition has been received. Commission may already be earned. However, providers should protect themselves with partial payment structures or clawback clauses tied to any subsequent refund obligation.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <p>The pattern across all these scenarios is consistent: commission should follow genuine recruitment activity and confirmed enrolment \u2014 not be triggered by administrative re-processing of existing students.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">04<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Audit Readiness<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>The Questions Regulators Will Ask \u2014 and How to Be Ready for Them<\/h2>\n\n <p>The shift in the regulatory framing of commissions has a direct implication for how audits will be conducted. Previously, an audit question about agent payments might focus on whether you had an agreement in place, and whether the amounts were reasonable.<\/p>\n\n <p>The new standard is different. Providers should now expect to be asked:<\/p>\n\n <table class=\"decision-table\">\n <tr>\n <th>The question<\/th>\n <th>What they’re testing<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Why was this commission paid?<\/td>\n <td>Whether the payment had a documented rationale<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>What behaviour did this payment incentivise?<\/td>\n <td>Whether your commercial structures align with student outcomes<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Was this student already studying elsewhere when enrolled?<\/td>\n <td>Whether the onshore transfer prohibition was respected<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Is this consistent with your written agent agreement?<\/td>\n <td>Whether your practice matches your documented policy<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>What evidence do you have \u2014 beyond invoices?<\/td>\n <td>Whether you have a defensible paper trail<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\n <div class=\"pull-quote\">If your answer to any of these questions relies on “that’s how we’ve always done it” \u2014 that is no longer a defensible position.<\/div>\n\n <p>The practical response is an audit trail for every commission payment that shows: the student was a genuine new recruit (or documents why an exception applies), the payment meets the contractual trigger in your agreement, the student remained enrolled beyond any defined risk period, and there is no refund exposure that should have triggered a clawback.<\/p>\n\n <p>This is not complexity for its own sake. It is the documentation standard the sector is now being held to.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"cta-block\">\n <p>Not sure whether your current agent arrangements are set up correctly under the new framework? Educli’s free agent assessment tool walks you through the key risk areas in under five minutes.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/en\/agent-assessment\/quiz\" class=\"cta-button\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">Free Agent Assessment<\/a>\n <p style=\"margin-top: 14px; font-size: 13px; color: #7a96ae;\">Educli’s full provider management tools cover agent agreements, commission tracking, enrolment status, and audit-ready case records. <a href=\"https:\/\/educli.com\/demo\" style=\"color: #c8973a; text-decoration: none;\">Book a demo \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">05<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Sector Update<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>What Else Is Moving<\/h2>\n\n <p>The commission changes are not the only thing in motion. Here is a brief read of three other developments worth tracking.<\/p>\n\n <p><strong>295,000 NPL \u2014 and falling grant rates.<\/strong> The 2026 National Planning Level was set at 295,000 new commencements \u2014 25,000 more than 2025, a signal of managed growth. But the headline number is running against a sharp tightening at the visa grant level. Offshore student visa applications were up by over 13,000 in the seven months to January 2026, driven by providers recruiting to their higher allocations \u2014 but grants over the same period were down by over 11,000. Providers who went out and recruited on the strength of their expanded allocations are now absorbing refusals they did not budget for. The practical lesson: NPL allocation and visa grant rate are not the same thing, and the gap between them is where pipeline risk sits.<\/p>\n\n <p><strong>ELICOS is under severe pressure.<\/strong> Overall commencements declined 15% in 2025, but the ELICOS sector fell 35% \u2014 far steeper than the headline figure. The data shows a clear link between high visa refusal rates, continuous application fee increases, and enrolment losses in the English-language sector. For VET and higher education providers whose students depend on ELICOS pathways, this is a pipeline problem. Students who cannot get through the English-language entry point do not become your enrolments downstream.<\/p>\n\n <p><strong>The ESOS Act goes beyond commissions.<\/strong> The commission ban is the most visible change from the ESOS Act amendments, but it is not the only one. The ESOS Act also strengthens provider regulation, including provisions to suspend the registration of providers under serious regulatory investigation, and expands the legal definition of an education agent alongside broader ministerial powers. The International Education and Skills Strategic Framework \u2014 which will set the sector’s direction for the next several years \u2014 is expected to be released in 2026. That document will be worth reading carefully when it lands.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\" style=\"color: #c8973a;\">\u2726<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\" style=\"background: #c8973a; color: #0f2540;\">Final Word<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>The Standard Has Changed<\/h2>\n\n <p>The ESOS amendments don’t eliminate commissions. But they change what’s required to pay them responsibly.<\/p>\n\n <p>Commissions are no longer just a finance decision. They are a compliance, integrity, and governance issue. The providers who come through this period well will be the ones who pay commissions deliberately, document decisions properly, align commercial incentives with student outcomes \u2014 and can explain every dollar paid if asked.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"pull-quote\">If you can’t defend a commission payment in an audit, you probably shouldn’t be paying it.<\/div>\n\n <p>The next edition of Inside International Education will look at what the new agent oversight obligations mean for provider-agent relationships \u2014 and how to structure agreements that actually hold up under the new framework.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"ornament\">\u2726 \u2726 \u2726<\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"footer\">\n <div class=\"footer-brand\">Inside International Education<\/div>\n <p>A fortnightly briefing on migration, CRICOS, policy, and the forces shaping Australian international education.<\/p>\n <p>Published by <a href=\"https:\/\/educli.com\">Educli<\/a> \u00b7 Written by Jan Karel Bejcek \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jankarelbejcek\/\">@jankarelbejcek<\/a><\/p>\n <p class=\"unsub\">You’re receiving this because you subscribed on LinkedIn. 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class=\"masthead\">\n <div class=\"masthead-eyebrow\">Australia’s international education sector \u2014 the mechanics<\/div>\n <div class=\"masthead-top\">\n <div class=\"pub-name\">Inside International<br>Education<\/div>\n <div class=\"issue-meta\">\n <span class=\"issue-num\">Issue 2<\/span>\n <span class=\"issue-date\">April 2026<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"masthead-tagline\">By Jan Karel Bejcek \u2014 Educli<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"this-week-bar\">In This Issue<\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"toc\">\n <div class=\"toc-label\">This edition<\/div>\n <ul>\n <li>The ESOS commission shift \u2014 what actually changed from 31 March 2026<\/li>\n <li>Onshore transfers: the ban that will catch providers off guard<\/li>\n <li>Scenario stress-test: when is commission payable \u2014 and when is it not?<\/li>\n <li>The audit question providers are not prepared for<\/li>\n <li>Sector update \u2014 what else is moving right now<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"opening\">\n <p>The ESOS amendments that took effect on 1 April 2026 have been discussed for months. But most of the conversation has been about what changed in principle. This edition is about what changed in practice \u2014 specifically for providers managing agent commissions.<\/p>\n <p>One rule in particular will catch providers off guard. If you are paying commissions for onshore student transfers, that practice is now generally prohibited. And the transition date has passed.<\/p>\n <div class=\"sign-off\">Let’s work through it properly. \u2014 Jan<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">01<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Policy Shift<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>Commissions Are No Longer Just a Commercial Decision<\/h2>\n\n <p>For most of the past two decades, commissions were treated as a bilateral arrangement between providers and agents. The government set the framework \u2014 ESOS, the National Code, the agent management obligations \u2014 but the commercial terms were yours to negotiate.<\/p>\n\n <p>That framing has changed.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"pull-quote\">The government is now treating commissions as a risk signal, a behavioural incentive, and a regulatory integrity issue \u2014 not just a finance line.<\/div>\n\n <p>The reforms are designed around a specific concern: that commission structures can incentivise behaviour that undermines visa integrity, student welfare, and sector credibility. When the incentive is wrong, the behaviour follows. And the evidence accumulated over the post-COVID surge period was hard to ignore.<\/p>\n\n <p>The result is a framework where commissions are subject to new restrictions, and where providers are expected to be able to explain and justify every payment if asked. The days of paying on invoice without documentation or logic are over \u2014 at least if you want to be audit-ready.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">02<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Compliance \u2014 Action Required<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>The Onshore Transfer Ban: What It Means and When It Applies<\/h2>\n\n <div class=\"alert-box\">\n <div class=\"alert-label\">\u26a0 New rule \u2014 effective 31 March 2026<\/div>\n <p>Paying a commission for the recruitment of a student who has already commenced with another registered provider \u2014 and is being transferred to your institution onshore \u2014 is generally prohibited from 31 March 2026.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>There is a transition carve-out: the ban does not apply where the student was accepted for enrolment on or before 31 March 2026. If that acceptance occurred before the commencement date, you are in the transition window. After that date, the default position is that commission is not payable for these cases.<\/p>\n\n <p>The practical impact is significant for providers in vocational pathways \u2014 cookery, aged care, trades \u2014 where onshore student conversions have been a material part of agent recruitment activity. It also directly affects agents whose practice model has been built around onshore re-enrolment, and the agents specialising in what the sector sometimes calls “rescue transfers.”<\/p>\n\n <p>Providers need to audit their current pipeline now. If you have pending commission invoices that relate to onshore transfers accepted after 31 March, you need to understand your exposure before those invoices are processed.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">03<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Scenario Analysis<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>When Is Commission Payable? A Stress-Test of Common Scenarios<\/h2>\n\n <p>The new framework is easier to understand through scenarios than through general principles. Here are the situations providers encounter most frequently, and how the logic now applies.<\/p>\n\n <ul class=\"scenario-list\">\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Course change within the same provider<\/span>\n The ESOS framework does not prohibit commission here \u2014 this is not an onshore transfer between providers. Whether commission is payable depends entirely on your agent agreement. Best practice: treat this as a variation, not a new recruitment. Do not automatically trigger a new commission unless there is net new tuition revenue and your agreement explicitly permits a top-up. Internal changes should never be used to re-trigger commissions artificially.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Major pivot \u2014 e.g. Bachelor of Commerce to Cookery, same provider<\/span>\n Commission is not automatically prohibited, but this is a high-risk scenario. A documented rationale is essential: academic progression, career alignment, or personal welfare circumstances. File notes and internal approval are non-negotiable. Without documentation, this looks exactly like the kind of agent-led churn the reforms are targeting.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\ud83d\udeab<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Major pivot \u2014 student transfers from another provider<\/span>\n If the student has commenced elsewhere and your agent recruits them to your institution, this falls squarely within the onshore transfer prohibition from 31 March 2026. Commission is not payable in most cases.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\u23f8<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Deferral before commencement<\/span>\n The student has not started. No tuition has been received. Commission should not be payable, or should be held until commencement occurs. Check your agreements \u2014 many legacy contracts do not address this clearly.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"scenario-icon\">\u2705<\/span>\n <div>\n <span class=\"scenario-label\">Deferral after commencement<\/span>\n The student has started and tuition has been received. Commission may already be earned. However, providers should protect themselves with partial payment structures or clawback clauses tied to any subsequent refund obligation.\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <p>The pattern across all these scenarios is consistent: commission should follow genuine recruitment activity and confirmed enrolment \u2014 not be triggered by administrative re-processing of existing students.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">04<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Audit Readiness<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>The Questions Regulators Will Ask \u2014 and How to Be Ready for Them<\/h2>\n\n <p>The shift in the regulatory framing of commissions has a direct implication for how audits will be conducted. Previously, an audit question about agent payments might focus on whether you had an agreement in place, and whether the amounts were reasonable.<\/p>\n\n <p>The new standard is different. Providers should now expect to be asked:<\/p>\n\n <table class=\"decision-table\">\n <tr>\n <th>The question<\/th>\n <th>What they’re testing<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Why was this commission paid?<\/td>\n <td>Whether the payment had a documented rationale<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>What behaviour did this payment incentivise?<\/td>\n <td>Whether your commercial structures align with student outcomes<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Was this student already studying elsewhere when enrolled?<\/td>\n <td>Whether the onshore transfer prohibition was respected<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Is this consistent with your written agent agreement?<\/td>\n <td>Whether your practice matches your documented policy<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>What evidence do you have \u2014 beyond invoices?<\/td>\n <td>Whether you have a defensible paper trail<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\n <div class=\"pull-quote\">If your answer to any of these questions relies on “that’s how we’ve always done it” \u2014 that is no longer a defensible position.<\/div>\n\n <p>The practical response is an audit trail for every commission payment that shows: the student was a genuine new recruit (or documents why an exception applies), the payment meets the contractual trigger in your agreement, the student remained enrolled beyond any defined risk period, and there is no refund exposure that should have triggered a clawback.<\/p>\n\n <p>This is not complexity for its own sake. It is the documentation standard the sector is now being held to.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"cta-block\">\n <p>Not sure whether your current agent arrangements are set up correctly under the new framework? Educli’s free agent assessment tool walks you through the key risk areas in under five minutes.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/en\/agent-assessment\/quiz\" class=\"cta-button\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">Free Agent Assessment<\/a>\n <p style=\"margin-top: 14px; font-size: 13px; color: #7a96ae;\">Educli’s full provider management tools cover agent agreements, commission tracking, enrolment status, and audit-ready case records. <a href=\"https:\/\/educli.com\/demo\" style=\"color: #c8973a; text-decoration: none;\">Book a demo \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\">05<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\">Sector Update<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>What Else Is Moving<\/h2>\n\n <p>The commission changes are not the only thing in motion. Here is a brief read of three other developments worth tracking.<\/p>\n\n <p><strong>295,000 NPL \u2014 and falling grant rates.<\/strong> The 2026 National Planning Level was set at 295,000 new commencements \u2014 25,000 more than 2025, a signal of managed growth. But the headline number is running against a sharp tightening at the visa grant level. Offshore student visa applications were up by over 13,000 in the seven months to January 2026, driven by providers recruiting to their higher allocations \u2014 but grants over the same period were down by over 11,000. Providers who went out and recruited on the strength of their expanded allocations are now absorbing refusals they did not budget for. The practical lesson: NPL allocation and visa grant rate are not the same thing, and the gap between them is where pipeline risk sits.<\/p>\n\n <p><strong>ELICOS is under severe pressure.<\/strong> Overall commencements declined 15% in 2025, but the ELICOS sector fell 35% \u2014 far steeper than the headline figure. The data shows a clear link between high visa refusal rates, continuous application fee increases, and enrolment losses in the English-language sector. For VET and higher education providers whose students depend on ELICOS pathways, this is a pipeline problem. Students who cannot get through the English-language entry point do not become your enrolments downstream.<\/p>\n\n <p><strong>The ESOS Act goes beyond commissions.<\/strong> The commission ban is the most visible change from the ESOS Act amendments, but it is not the only one. The ESOS Act also strengthens provider regulation, including provisions to suspend the registration of providers under serious regulatory investigation, and expands the legal definition of an education agent alongside broader ministerial powers. The International Education and Skills Strategic Framework \u2014 which will set the sector’s direction for the next several years \u2014 is expected to be released in 2026. That document will be worth reading carefully when it lands.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"article\">\n <div class=\"article-header\">\n <div class=\"article-number\" style=\"color: #c8973a;\">\u2726<\/div>\n <div class=\"article-tag\" style=\"background: #c8973a; color: #0f2540;\">Final Word<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h2>The Standard Has Changed<\/h2>\n\n <p>The ESOS amendments don’t eliminate commissions. But they change what’s required to pay them responsibly.<\/p>\n\n <p>Commissions are no longer just a finance decision. They are a compliance, integrity, and governance issue. The providers who come through this period well will be the ones who pay commissions deliberately, document decisions properly, align commercial incentives with student outcomes \u2014 and can explain every dollar paid if asked.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"pull-quote\">If you can’t defend a commission payment in an audit, you probably shouldn’t be paying it.<\/div>\n\n <p>The next edition of Inside International Education will look at what the new agent oversight obligations mean for provider-agent relationships \u2014 and how to structure agreements that actually hold up under the new framework.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"ornament\">\u2726 \u2726 \u2726<\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"footer\">\n <div class=\"footer-brand\">Inside International Education<\/div>\n <p>A fortnightly briefing on migration, CRICOS, policy, and the forces shaping Australian international education.<\/p>\n <p>Published by <a href=\"https:\/\/educli.com\">Educli<\/a> \u00b7 Written by Jan Karel Bejcek \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jankarelbejcek\/\">@jankarelbejcek<\/a><\/p>\n <p class=\"unsub\">You’re receiving this because you subscribed on LinkedIn. 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