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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Caitlin Cassidy

Majority of university chiefs in Victoria earn over $1m despite budget woes

University of Melbourne
Victorian universities provided a major pay increase for their vice-chancellors last year, including separate rises of more than $50,000. Photograph: Nina Dermawan/Moment Editorial/Getty Images

More than half of Victoria’s vice-chancellors are earning annual salaries of more than $1m, new data reveals, as the federal government vows to crack down on excessive senior university pay packages.

The 2023 annual reports of Victorian universities, lodged on Wednesday, revealed six of Victoria’s eight vice-chancellors had their salaries boosted last year, including separate rises of more than $50,000.

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