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Did you know the average salary for an Australian university Vice Chancellor is over $1 million? That's almost double the Prime Minister's salary. Today we're looking at Australian universities. And it's a particularly timely topic, because One Nation just released their plans to slash student visa. We'll unpack how and why universities went from being educational institutions with a public-service mindset, to big businesses running on a commercialised model.
We speak to specialist journalist Julie Hare who has been covering Australian universities for 25 years.

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