New watchdog won’t have power to rein in million-dollar uni salaries

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login A new federal watchdog will not have the authority to set or cap vice chancellors’ million-dollar salaries and will be limited to offering advice and guidance to university councils, experts say. However, worsening community attitudes towards universities and their well-paid bosses over international students and their bearing on the housing crisis should force the councils to be more circumspect over senior executive remuneration.

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