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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Gallagher

Morning Mail: Australia storms to relay gold, alarm bells over universities’ business model, Russia frees US journalist

Lani Pallister, Ariarne Titmus, Brianna Throssell and Mollie O’Callaghan celebrate after winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay final at the Paris Olympics
(L-R) Lani Pallister, Ariarne Titmus, Brianna Throssell and Mollie O’Callaghan celebrate after winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay final at the Paris Olympics. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Good morning. At the Olympics, a relay team led by Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan has dominated the marquee 4x200m freestyle event to take gold – and set a new Olympic record. Earlier, Jemima Montag had a late surge to take bronze in the 20km race walk. And the Simone Biles show continues with the US gymnastics superstar winning her second gold of the Paris Games with a dazzling all-round performance.

In our Degrees Devalued series: critics claim that the dependence of Australian universities on international student fees has fuelled an unstable business model and a culture of “revenue, profit and competition” – as the institutions struggle to make up for lost government funding.

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