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#auspol This is what happens when you try to turn academic institutions into businesses.

“It’s absurd and offensive that vice-chancellors are taking home more than $1m a year while two-thirds of the higher education workforce is employed insecurely,” Barnes said.

“The same people who have overseen $170m in wage theft are getting their already outrageous salaries increased. This is wildly out of step with community expectations [and] international comparisons.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/may/02/majority-of-top-university-bosses-in-victoria-earning-in-excess-of-1m-as-federal-government-vows-pay-crackdown