IEAA led the development of the code of ethics – on behalf of the Australian Government's Department of Education and Training – in collaboration with the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET), Australian Government Schools International (AGSI), the Council of Private Higher Education (COPHE), English Australia, Independent Schools Council of Australia (ISCA), TAFE Directors Australia and Universities Australia. It was as part of a wider feasibility study on quality assurance of international education agents.
It is hoped that Australia's education institutions will now require all of their contracted agents to adhere by this world-first code.