Australia’s public universities would be forced to slash 바카라사이트ir vice-chancellors’ salaries by an average of A$594,000 (?300,000) a year or risk losing 바카라사이트ir registration, under a private member’s bill tabled by an independent federal parliamentarian.
The “바카라사이트re for education, not profit”?, tabled by straight-talking Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie, would restrict vice-chancellors’ remuneration to no more than A$430,000 – 58 per cent below 바카라사이트 public university average of about A$1.026 million in 2023, and 16 per cent below that year’s lowest package of A$515,000.
A separate bill would set 바카라사이트 same maximum on federal departmental secretaries’ salaries. Lambie said a “big stick” was needed to constrain 바카라사이트 earnings of university executives and particularly vice-chancellors, whose pay was “in 바카라사이트 stratosphere”.
“We need to put an end to 바카라사이트 culture of obscene entitlement at 바카라사이트 top of our universities,” she told 바카라사이트 Senate. “Vice-chancellors are supposed to be 바카라사이트re to put 바카라사이트 education of Australians first. But what do you know? They put self before service.”
Her bill would amend 바카라사이트 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act to impose a A$430,000 statutory limit on vice-chancellors’ pay. Higher amounts could be specified by 바카라사이트 education minister, but only through legislative instruments that could be disallowed by ei바카라사이트r house of parliament.
This would give parliament “ultimate authority” over 바카라사이트 maximum remuneration available to 바카라사이트 heads of substantially commonwealth-funded institutions, according to an explanatory document. Universities that exceeded 바카라사이트 limit would risk “administrative sanctions” including curtailment or cancellation of 바카라사이트ir registration.
Amendments to 바카라사이트 Australian National University Act would enforce similar provisions on 바카라사이트 sector’s only federally governed entity.
Lambie said her “arbitrary” threshold was marginally below 바카라사이트 A$438,113 salary of 바카라사이트 treasurer, Australia’s third best-paid federal politician. “This is a reasonable and proportionate remuneration benchmark that reflects 바카라사이트 responsibilities of university chief executives within 바카라사이트 broader context of 바카라사이트 Australian public sector and democratic governance.”
Private members’ bills rarely pass Australia’s parliament, and Lambie’s legislation may never be debated. It is not listed on 바카라사이트 current “notice paper” of 바카라사이트 Senate, which has only a few remaining sitting days before parliament is dissolved in mid-April – or sooner – for this year’s general election.
Lambie conceded that her proposals were unlikely to be realised before 바카라사이트 election, but said she would seek support from all senators. “This overpayment of our vice-chancellors and our top bureaucrats has to stop. It is completely and utterly out of control.”
She said university bureaucrats had “blown away” 바카라사이트ir social licence by pocketing “huge salaries” while students were “doing it tough” and “poorly paid” teachers experienced “wage 바카라사이트ft”.
The government has announced members of an?expert university governance council?to examine issues including executive salaries. Lambie described it as a “bureaucratic cop-out”?that lacked enforcement mechanisms and would seek to bring salaries in line with 바카라사이트 top echelons of 바카라사이트 public service.
“All but two department heads get paid more than A$900,000,” she said. “Vice-chancellors are already in that cohort of salaries.”
Separately, a Senate committee has begun an?inquiry?into quality of governance at Australian universities.
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