Australia news live: universities put on notice over wage theft and vice chancellor salaries

Labor senator pushes to establish Senate inquiry into university governance. Follow today’s news live

All restrictions on poultry and egg producers have been lifted as authorities declare a regional avian influenza outbreak eradicated, Australian Associated Press reports.

The Hawkesbury outbreak was one the most significant in NSW with more than 320,000 animals destroyed since June 2024 to curb the spread of the potentially devastating disease.

University vice chancellors have questions to answer about the extraordinary range of governance issues that have arisen on their watch.

There’s no other job in Australia where you can be paid so exorbitantly while performing so badly, with seemingly no consequences or accountability for the impact on university staff and students. It’s clear the Liberals’ and Nationals’ governance framework is failing, which is why the Albanese government is taking swift action to rein in [the] sector.

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