University cheats face two-year jail terms and huge fines in Australia
‘Understand now you are going to face the full force of the law,’ minister says
People paid to take exams or write essays for university students in Australia could be jailed for up to two years under tough new laws.
“If you’re a cheating service, understand now you are going to face the full force of the law if you provide those services to students here in Australia,” Dan Tehan, the country’s federal education minister, told local media. “For those services based overseas, we are going to use blocking to make sure that they cannot provide those services.
Mr Tehan also told journalists in Canberra that providers of such services could be fined up to A$210,000 (£114,500).
The draft legislation was published after a higher education standards panel advised the government to produce a new law to deal with contract cheating.
‘Understand now you are going to face the full force of the law,’ minister says
People paid to take exams or write essays for university students in Australia could be jailed for up to two years under tough new laws.
“If you’re a cheating service, understand now you are going to face the full force of the law if you provide those services to students here in Australia,” Dan Tehan, the country’s federal education minister, told local media. “For those services based overseas, we are going to use blocking to make sure that they cannot provide those services.
Mr Tehan also told journalists in Canberra that providers of such services could be fined up to A$210,000 (£114,500).
The draft legislation was published after a higher education standards panel advised the government to produce a new law to deal with contract cheating.
