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Australia is a significant destination for overseas students studying English. Over 79,000 overseas students enrolled in intensive English courses in Australia in 2022. This was below the pre-Covid peak of 156,478 enrolments in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 April 2023 |title=International Student Data – full year data (based on data finalised in December 2022) |url=https://www.education.gov.au/international-education-data-and-research/international-student-monthly-summary-and-data-tables#toc-international-student-data-full-year-data-based-on-data-finalised-in-december-2022- |access-date=9 May 2023 |website=Australian Government, Department of Education}}</ref>
== Languages in Parliament ==
Although English is the primary language used for addressing any [[legislature]] in Australia, due to Australia's multiculturalism, many politicians have used other languages in parliamentary speeches before.
=== Federal ===
In 2016, [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Malcolm Turnbull]] spoke [[Ngunnawal language|Ngunnawal]] in a parliamentary speech, becoming the first ever Prime Minister to use an Indigenous language in Parliament.<ref name="aiatsis">https://aiatsis.gov.au/blog/indigenous-languages-australian-parliaments</ref>
In 1988, [[Trish Crossin]] became the first [[Australian Senate|Senator]] to give a [[maiden speech]] in an Indigenous language, speaking in [[Gumatj dialect|Gumatj]], a [[Yolŋu languages|Yolŋu]] dialect.<ref name="aiatsis"/>
In 1999, [[Aden Ridgeway]] introduced himself to the Senate in [[Gumbayngirr language|Gumbayngirr]].<ref name="aiatsis"/>
In 2008, [[Rob Oakeshott]] became the first politician to use an Indigenous language in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], after he used three [[Dhanghatti language|Dhangatti]] words in his speech. In June 2013, he became the first politician to give a speech to any Australian parliament entirely in an Indigenous language, after giving a speech in Dhangatti with help from a linguist.<ref name="aiatsis"/>
In August 2016, [[Linda Burney]] gave an [[Acknowledgement of Country]] in [[Wiradjuri language|Wiradjuri]].<ref name="aiatsis"/>
In 2016, Senator [[Pat Dodson]] spoke [[Yawuru language|Yawuru]] in the Senate, with the Senate President even responding in Yawuru.<ref name="aiatsis"/>
In 2016, Senator [[Malarndirri McCarthy]] gave an Acknowledgement of Country in [[Yanyuwa language|Yanyuwa]].<ref name="aiatsis"/>
=== New South Wales ===
The first politician to use an Indigenous language in the [[Parliament of New South Wales]] was [[Troy Grant]] in 2014, who used Wiradjuri in the closing sentence of the Acknowledgement of Country.<ref name="aiatsis"/>
In 2019, [[Sarah Mitchell]] gave an Acknowledgment of Country in English, which was translated into Dhangatti.<ref name="aiatsis"/>
=== Northern Territory ===
In 1981, [[Neil Bell]] became the first politician to use an Indigenous language in a maiden speech to the [[Northern Territory Legislative Assembly]], speaking in [[Pitjantjatjara dialect|Pitjantjatjara]].<ref name="aiatsis"/>
In 2008, [[Alison Anderson]] spoke in the [[Western Desert language]] during her first speech as [[Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage]].<ref name="aiatsis"/>
In 2012, [[Bess Price]] spoke [[Warlpiri language|Warlpiri]] in her maiden speech.<ref name="aiatsis"/> In the same sitting of parliament, [[Yingiya Mark Guyula]] spoke Yolŋu in his maiden speech.<ref name="aiatsis"/>
=== Queensland ===
In 2018, [[Cynthia Lui]] became the first politician to address an Australian parliament in a Torres Strait Islander language, addressing the [[Queensland Legislative Assembly]] in [[Kala Lagaw Ya]].<ref name="aiatsis"/>
=== Western Australia ===
[[Josie Farrer]] was the first politician to use an Indigenous language in the [[Parliament of Western Australia]], speaking in both [[Kija language|Kija]] and [[Australian Kriol|Kriol]].<ref name="aiatsis"/>
== See also ==
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