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Victoria offers $1100 relief grants to struggling foreign students-By Michael Fowler and Anna Patty Italian Giovanni Calandro is one of 40,000 international students in Victoria expected to receive a $1100 payment.CREDIT:SIMON SCHLUTER Source:The Age The Victorian government will pour $45 million into supporting international students suffering during the coronavirus lockdown. It hopes the offer of $1100 relief payments to students will protect the future of Victoria’s $12.6 billion international education sector and stave off worldwide competition for students on the other side of the pandemic. The number of international students in Victoria has dropped from 250,000 last year to about 150,000, with universities estimating they have already lost $5.8 billion – or about 50 per cent – in annual international student revenue. ...