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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy Education reporter

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

University of Melbourne
A 2024 report found 306 senior executives were earning more than their state premiers. The University of Melbourne’s Duncan Maskell had a salary of $1.5m last year. Photograph: Maria Petrova Now/Alamy

Just three of Victoria’s vice-chancellors took pay cuts last year despite growing outside pressure to address “broken” university governance and accusations of “executive largesse”.

The universities’ latest annual reports, tabled in state parliament on Tuesday, showed six of Victoria’s nine vice-chancellors increased their pay or left it unchanged last year compared with 2023.

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