Five vice-chancellors in Victoria paid more than $1m in 2024, prompting claims of ‘largesse’

<p>Union says universities blaming budget deficits for job cuts while pushing executive salaries ‘into the stratosphere’</p><ul><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>Just three of Victoria’s vice-chancellors took pay cuts last year despite growing outside pressure to address <a href="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">“broken” university governance</a> and accusations of “executive largesse”.</p><p>The universities’ latest annual reports, <a href="https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/tabled-documents-database?page=2&amp;pageSize=10&amp;sortType=15">tabled in state parliament</a> on Tuesday, showed six of Victoria’s nine vice-chancellors increased their pay or left it unchanged last year compared with 2023.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/13/five-vice-chancellors-in-victoria-paid-more-than-1m-in-2024-prompting-claims-of-largesse">Continue reading...</a>