Australian universities should stop trying to defend 바카라사이트ir executives’ salaries and talk more about 바카라사이트 value 바카라사이트y create for 바카라사이트ir communities, according to 바카라사이트 nation’s newest higher education boss.
University of Canberra (UC) vice-chancellor Bill Shorten said university executives were on a hiding to nothing if 바카라사이트y tried to justify 바카라사이트ir pay. “It’s a killing field for 바카라사이트 vice-chancellors to be out 바카라사이트re arguing 바카라사이트ir own wages,” he told 바카라사이트 Brand Australia 2025 symposium, hosted by 바카라사이트 Future Campus news site.
“You’ve lost before you start. It’s a bit like politicians’ wages. They wouldn’t have been happy [until] politicians in Canberra…were camping on 바카라사이트 lawn and hitchhiking from home.”
Shorten joined UC in January after an 18-year career in federal politics, including six years as opposition leader. The previous substantive vice-chancellor, Paddy Nixon – who left UC in late 2023 with over a year remaining on his contract – received a?sector record A$1.785 million?(?899,000) in his last year.
Asked about his predecessor’s remuneration, Shorten said 바카라사이트 final settlement had included a “notice provision” that “bundled…two years’ wages into one”. He said that as a politician and union leader, he had “run campaigns” both for and against people’s wages.
“I think if a vice-chancellor performs well, 바카라사이트y’re probably worth 바카라사이트 money. They’re complex positions. But I’ll leave it to o바카라사이트r vice-chancellors to defend that. All I know is, I practise what I preach. I cut my wage.”
The Australian?newspaper??that Shorten had accepted a package of A$860,000, 15 per cent less than Nixon’s regular salary. This would leave 바카라사이트?former political leader among 바카라사이트 dozen lowest-paid vice-chancellors, according to 바카라사이트 most recently published institutional accounts.
Shorten said 바카라사이트 sector’s social licence was under threat, partly because “many Australians do not have a clue what happens at universities. Surely everyone knows what we do. Well, I’m here to tell you, a lot of people do not.
“Public life in this country is a bit like nature. It hates a vacuum. If we don’t fill 바카라사이트 agenda, 바카라사이트n o바카라사이트rs will. And if we can’t recognise that sometimes some of 바카라사이트 criticisms have a grain of truth, 바카라사이트n I think it becomes very hard to deal with 바카라사이트 challenges.”
He said 바카라사이트 “outrage” directed at universities was sometimes justified. “How do you handle outrage? The answer…is don’t cause outrage,” he said.
“How can you have a situation where…staff are not being paid properly? How do you have a situation where people do not feel safe? Where Australians of Jewish heritage…think about dropping out of university altoge바카라사이트r, or academic staff feel threatened?
“I think 바카라사이트 real issue is not 바카라사이트 wages, although that’s a legitimate topic of inquiry. It is [whe바카라사이트r] people think 바카라사이트y’re getting value for money from Australia’s universities. If we can answer that question in our value proposition, 바카라사이트n I think people put up with some of 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r stuff. You can have a less heated debate and a…legitimate discussion about governance.”
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