Jess Fox defends Olympic canoe single title; old-school cheating still rampant at Australian universities; fears of regional war spread after Hamas leader’s death
Jess Fox has won a second gold of the Paris Olympics with victory in the canoe single final at Vaires-sur-Marne.Jess Fox has won a second gold of the Paris Olympics with victory in the canoe single final at Vaires-sur-Marne.Good morning. There’s been jubilation for Jess Fox who doubled up to take her second gold medal of the Paris Games, defending her women’s canoe single title in a tense final. In the pool, Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack missed out on 100m freestyle medals.
Back at home, university administrators investigating allegations of cheating have been the target of horrifying online threats of violence from the promoters of organised criminal schemes. Meanwhile, there are fears the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran could ignite a regional war across the Middle East.Experts say contract cheating is still highly prevalent at Australian universities, but most do not report data on the number of cases.
More than a dozen academics and students have told Guardian Australia that universities’ financial reliance on foreign students over many years has hollowed out academic integrity and threatened the international credibility of the sector.Photograph: Andrew Quilty Yvonne Weldon has already made history; now she’s out to shake up Sydney’s mayoral race. The council’s first Aboriginal councillor in its 180-year history will challenge the longstanding Sydney lord mayor, Clover Moore, for the top job later this year. But for the Wiradjuri woman who grew up in Redfern, being re-elected to council – possibly to lead it – is not just about history-making: so seriously, it only uses ice made from mountain waters from Kanazawa for its specialty dessert.
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