A quiet transformation is underway at Australian universities. Behind closed doors, powerful consulting firms are helping to reshape higher education; cutting courses, centralising power, and outsourcing staff. 

One firm in particular, Nous Group, is now embedded in some of the country’s most prestigious institutions. At the Australian National University, its role in a $250 million restructure has been concealed, even from parliament, raising serious concerns about transparency and accountability. 

Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton, on how consultants gained control of the university sector, and what it could mean for the future of higher education.

 

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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton.

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A quiet transformation is underway at Australian universities. Behind closed doors, powerful consulting firms are helping to reshape higher education; cutting courses, centralising power, and outsourcing staff.&nbsp;
One firm in particular, Nous Group, is now embedded in some of the country&rsquo;s most prestigious institutions. At the Australian National University, its role in a $250 million restructure has been concealed, even from parliament, raising serious concerns about transparency and accountability.&nbsp;
Today, senior reporter for&nbsp;The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton, on how consultants gained control of the university sector, and what it could mean for the future of higher education.
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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton.
Photo: University of Sydney

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An independent daily news show. We feature the country&rsquo;s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

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A daily news show from the publisher of The Monthly and The Saturday Paper. Hear from the country’s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

The consulting firms reshaping our universities

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AUKUS is moving full steam ahead. That was the promise made in Washington, as Richard Marles and Penny Wong stood beside their US counterparts, stating the alliance is stronger than ever.

But behind those assurances is a Pentagon review of AUKUS that the public isn't allowed to read – and in Canberra, a hand-picked AUKUS committee that will mostly meet in secret, raising questions about what our government is trading away to stay friends with our most powerful ally.

Today, former Director of War Studies for the Australian Army and adjunct professor at UNSW, Dr Albert Palazzo, on the US military’s plans for expansion on Australian soil – and what the secrecy around AUKUS is really hiding.

 

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Guest:  Former Director of War Studies for the Australian Army and adjunct professor at UNSW, Dr Albert Palazzo

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AUKUS is moving full steam ahead. That was the promise made in Washington, as Richard Marles and Penny Wong stood beside their US counterparts, stating the alliance is stronger than ever.
But behind those assurances is a Pentagon review of AUKUS that the public isn't allowed to read &ndash; and in Canberra, a hand-picked AUKUS committee that will mostly meet in secret, raising questions about what our government is trading away to stay friends with our most powerful ally.
Today, former Director of War Studies for the Australian Army and adjunct professor at UNSW, Dr Albert Palazzo, on the US military&rsquo;s plans for expansion on Australian soil &ndash; and what the secrecy around AUKUS is really hiding.
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Guest:&nbsp; Former Director of War Studies for the Australian Army and adjunct professor at UNSW, Dr Albert Palazzo
Photo:&nbsp;EPA/LUKE JOHNSON

This could only end in a very bad place

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Australia’s neo-Nazis are forming secret mothers’ groups – and have plans for a network of homeschools for their children.

And when a government minister expressed concern, she was threatened – the latest in a string of threats against female politicians by neo-Nazis.

Now, the federal police have raised the alarm, raising questions about the risk of further political violence – and why neo-Nazis have been allowed to build their movement.

Today, crime reporter at The Age, Sherryn Groch, on the National Socialist Network’s threats and whether authorities are doing enough to stop them.

 

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Guest: Crime reporter at The Age, Sherryn Groch

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Australia&rsquo;s neo-Nazis are forming secret mothers&rsquo; groups &ndash; and have plans for a network of homeschools for their children.
And when a government minister expressed concern, she was threatened &ndash; the latest in a string of threats against female politicians by neo-Nazis.
Now, the federal police have raised the alarm, raising questions about the risk of further political violence &ndash; and why neo-Nazis have been allowed to build their movement.
Today, crime reporter at The Age, Sherryn Groch, on the National Socialist Network&rsquo;s threats and whether authorities are doing enough to stop them.
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Guest: Crime reporter at The Age, Sherryn Groch
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Joel Carrett

Homeschooling for neo-nazis

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In the waters off the Caribbean, the United States military has been blowing small boats out of the water – boats they say are carrying drugs.

Now, the Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, is facing questions about whether his strike orders are illegal, and US President Donald Trump is doubling down, threatening strikes on Venezuelan soil.

It’s the latest escalation in Donald Trump’s self-declared war on fentanyl – a campaign that casts foreign traffickers as the villains behind America’s overdose crisis.

But the origin of America’s fentanyl problem lies much closer to home, inside the country’s own pharmaceutical industry. 

Today, drug historian at The University of Buffalo, Professor David Herzberg, on how the fentanyl crisis really started and why the war to stop it could make everything worse. 

 

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Guest: Drug historian at The University of Buffalo, Professor David Herzberg

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In the waters off the Caribbean, the United States military has been blowing small boats out of the water &ndash; boats they say are carrying drugs.
Now, the Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, is facing questions about whether his strike orders are illegal, and US President Donald Trump is doubling down, threatening strikes on Venezuelan soil.
It&rsquo;s the latest escalation in Donald Trump&rsquo;s self-declared war on fentanyl &ndash; a campaign that casts foreign traffickers as the villains behind America&rsquo;s overdose crisis.
But the origin of America&rsquo;s fentanyl problem lies much closer to home, inside the country&rsquo;s own pharmaceutical industry.&nbsp;
Today, drug historian at The University of Buffalo, Professor David Herzberg, on how the fentanyl crisis really started and why the war to stop it could make everything worse.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
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Guest: Drug historian at The University of Buffalo, Professor David Herzberg
Photo:&nbsp;picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Sipa USA

The truth about Trump's war on fentanyl

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The consulting firms reshaping our universities

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