Exciting news! @nteunion.bsky.social national elections have been declared, and from October 2026 I'll be starting a new role as General Secretary. Thrilled to be continuing to work with National President @alisonbarnes.bsky.social & new National Assistant Secretary @lachlanclohesy.bsky.social✊💜

Czech it out 👇 strongertogether2026.com

Alison Barnes@alisonbarnes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We've got a big announcement on the future of @nteunion.bsky.social. 👀 In forthcoming elections, I'm proud to announce that myself, @sarahecroberts.bsky.social & @lachlanclohesy.bsky.social are seeking the endorsement of members for national leadership of our mighty union. #strongertogether

Melbourne Uni agrees to pay $72m to staff it 'underpaid' plus a contrition payment to the Federal Government in an 'Enforceable Undertaking' with Fair Work Ombudsman - who agree to drop their legal action. Extraordinary... www.theage.com.au/politics/vic... #HigherEducation #universities

Melbourne Uni agrees to repay $72 million to academic staff

The prestigious university has agreed to pay millions in interest and superannuation on top of the wage repayments to 25,000 current and former staff. One worker was underpaid by $150,000.

theage.com.au

Uni of Melbourne pays $72m in back pay to casuals, symptomatic of university governance fails across the sector. Read @nteuvictoria.bsky.social's report here: tinyurl.com/unigovernanc...

Dodgy donations and rampant cronyism: new @NTEUnion report lifts the lid on the murky world of millionaire chancellors and Victorian #HigherEducation governance. We need government inquiries now, @jasonclaremp.bsky.social! www.afr.com/work-and-car... Report: nteuau.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/docume...

Call to ban big uni donors becoming chancellors

Amid a governance crisis in Australian universities, the academics union says big donors should not be named chancellors.

afr.com

Both the current and the previous Uni of Melbourne Chancellors, Jane Hansen and Allan Myers, were appointed after making $40m and $10m donations.😶 The Feds' much-touted governance council had better get the big stick out of the cupboard. @nteuvictoria.bsky.social www.afr.com/work-and-car...

Call to ban big uni donors becoming chancellors

Amid a governance crisis in Australian universities, the academics union says big donors should not be named chancellors.

afr.com

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Ken McAlpine is called for evidence now. He provides a clarification to one aspect of his evidence that he described as "too Jane Austen" in that it was not a truth universally acknowledged, rather a truth that is well understood and accepted.

Justice Snaden asks whether he ever does any marking during tutorials? Ciaravolo says yes, sometimes the students do an exercise that is naked in the class. The judge asks for what sort of incidental administration he does as part of his teaching. Very little springs to mind.

Siobhan Kelly takes Ciaravolo through his teaching preparation. When you get a tutorial plan, what does that consist of? Not a specific plan, he replies, more just some general notes about materials to teach. Tutors then have to turn these notes into an actual tutorial plan

In session in the Federal Court for Monash Uni’s wage theft case. I’ll be live posting from this hearing today. The NTEU alleges Australia’s largest university has not lawfully paid hundreds, perhaps thousands, of its casual teachers going back to 2016. Justice Snaden is the judge.

ICYMI: >500 @nteuvictoria.bsky.social folks came together last week to tackle swingeing job cuts happening across Vic universities due to international student cap chaos and governance fails. Recap here 👇 www.nteu.au/News_Article...

Monash University faces the Federal Court in Melbourne tomorrow for a wage theft prosecution. A group of casual teachers owed backpay will be gathering at the Federal Court forecourt, 305 William St, from 8am Wed 4 Dec, to demand wage justice. You're welcome to join us

Insert foot into mouth here, Prof Duncan Maskell! 👇 "I'm not going to say no to a nice salary," - no you're not. "The idea we should be regarded as public servants in some sense is kind of crazy," - no it isn't. High time for a baton change. @nteuvictoria.bsky.social www.afr.com/work-and-car...

‘I’m not going to say no to a nice salary’: outgoing Melbourne Uni boss

Duncan Maskell rejects criticism of million-dollar pay packets for vice chancellors, hits back at claims there are too many overseas students, and insists a university education should be free.

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