Plan to bring international students back into NSW 'within weeks'

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has announced a pilot plan to have international students back in the state "within the next six to eight weeks".

He said NSW Police and NSW Health have signed off on the deal to quarantine students in student accommodation, rather than in hotels.

Mr Perrottet said at first chartered flights will bring students into Australia, and down the track, they will come on commercial airlines.

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"We are ready to go and that is great for the NSW economy," he said.

From the middle of the year, the plan is to bring 250 students a fortnight, on top of the returned travellers coming back through the hotel quarantine system.

All costs for the students will be covered by the university sector, he said.

The plan has been submitted to the Federal Government for final approval.

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