Overseas student enrolments in Australian universities have taken a serious dive following a spate of attacks on Indian students in Melbourne and the introduction of new amended immigration programme by the Government.There are now calls for a body to represent the interests of the entire private education sector of Australia to help repair the damage. Andrew Smith, from the Australian Council for Private Education and Training said, there has been a drop of between 40 and 50 per cent in applications from South Asian countries, particularly India. Industry and government are desperate to restore confidence in Australia as a safe place for quality education. Rod Jones from the Navitas education provider said that while there is plenty of goodwill, he feared the effort to repair Australia's reputation is uncoordinated and a new umbrella body should be set up for it.