China is stealing their students http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-16/australian-unis-biggest-china-threat-competition-chinese-unis/10117508
And yet Australia has still managed to eclipse the UK to become the second more popular destination for international students (behind the U.S., of course).
Which are the top 20 countries for international students? Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, July 2014 Destination country Total number of students 1 US 740482 2 UK 427686 3 France 271399 4 Australia 249588 5 Germany 206986 6 Russia 173627 7 Japan 150617 8 Canada 120960 9 China 88979 10 Italy 77732 11 South Africa 70428 12 Malaysia 63625 13 South Korea 59472 14 Austria 58056 15 Netherlands 57509 16 Spain 55759 17 United Arab Emirates 54162 18 Singapore 52959 19 Egypt 49011 20 Saudi Arabia 46566
Interesting. I can't find the original article that said this had recently come to pass, but there is this from a few months ago: https://www.bbc.com/news/education-44872808