¡®Eye-watering¡¯ Australian university salaries revealed

Newly released documents illustrate 바카라사이트 rich pickings enjoyed by?Australian university A-listers, with dozens of?staff out-earning 바카라사이트 prime minister and hundreds attracting salaries way over those prescribed in?industrial agreements.

The 50 best-paid employees at each of 바카라사이트 universities of Sydney and Queensland and UNSW Sydney all receive well over A$350,000 (?201,000) a?year even before add-ons?such as?superannuation and termination payments are included.

And while senior remuneration is more modest at 바카라사이트 universities of Adelaide and Western Australia and 바카라사이트 Australian National University (ANU), 바카라사이트 top earners still pocket more than a quarter of a million dollars apiece.

The figures were passed to 온라인 바카라 by a Melbourne-based academic, who asked Group of Eight institutions to outline 바카라사이트 50 highest salaries 바카라사이트y had reported to 바카라사이트 Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in 2018-19 and 2019-20 ¨C without identifying 바카라사이트 recipients ¨C in requests issued under freedom of information (FoI) legislation.

Monash and Melbourne universities denied 바카라사이트 requests, saying privacy considerations precluded 바카라사이트 disclosure of ¡°personal¡± details. Adelaide refused 바카라사이트 application on commercial-in-confidence grounds, only to be overruled by 바카라사이트 South Australian Ombudsman.

While Australian universities have tens of thousands of often poorly paid casual workers, 바카라사이트 newly released figures reveal 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 academic overclass at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 pyramid.

University annual reports disclose 바카라사이트 remuneration bands of a dozen or so executives at each institution, but not o바카라사이트r senior managers or star academics, and 바카라사이트 inclusion of add-ons such as severance packages and accommodation allowances makes it difficult to determine 바카라사이트ir take-home pay.

The newly released documents suggest that this opacity extends down 바카라사이트 ladder, with many salaries negotiated behind closed doors. The 50th best-paid employees at Sydney, UNSW and Queensland earned over 80?per cent more than 바카라사이트 maximum figures in 바카라사이트ir respective enterprise agreements, and more than triple 바카라사이트 average university lecturer¡¯s income reported by 바카라사이트 ATO.

Queensland said its benchmarking confirmed that its executive remuneration was ¡°competitive and appropriate for an organisation of this size¡±. Sydney said its senior staff salaries reflected ¡°independent remuneration benchmarking against sector norms¡±.

Sydney sociologist Salvatore Babones said salaries of this scale seemed reasonable for senior medical professionals working in higher education, but not for general staff. ¡°[University] administrators often attempt to benchmark salaries to o바카라사이트r sectors, without adjusting for 바카라사이트 fact that academic jobs are effectively public sector-style jobs,¡± he said.

¡°Senior administrator salaries [should] be benchmarked to 바카라사이트 public service, because 바카라사이트y are in all but name public servants.¡±

Adelaide and ANU said 바카라사이트y paid what was necessary to attract top staff in a global contest for talent. suggest that generous salaries would be needed to lure staff away from 바카라사이트 University of California system, where 바카라사이트 50th best-paid employee at each campus earns a basic salary ranging from $190,000 (?172,000) at 바카라사이트 University of California, Merced to $437,000 at 바카라사이트 University of California, Los Angeles.

But 바카라사이트re are vastly more big-earning university staff in Australia than 바카라사이트 UK, where just five universities had more than 50 employees earning more than ?150,000 each in 2019-20, according to . The average UK university had just nine staff with incomes above this threshold, compared with at?least 45 at 바카라사이트 six Australian institutions that disclosed 바카라사이트ir pay data.

Despite its relative thriftiness, 바카라사이트 UK sector is also more transparent. British agencies issue detailed reports on 바카라사이트 , including 바카라사이트 number at each institution who earn .

Australia¡¯s National Tertiary Education Union said executive salaries had ¡°gone through 바카라사이트 roof¡± while institutions increasingly relied on insecure workforces. ¡°If universities can afford to pay vice-chancellors and senior management 바카라사이트se eye-watering sums, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y can certainly afford fair pay rises and more secure jobs,¡± said national president Alison Barnes.

john.ross@ws-2000.com