FED Remuneration Limits for Vice-Chancellors of Higher Education Providers

Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment (There For Education, Not Profit) Bill 2025

Private Member's Bill

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2nd House

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University cannot earn more than $430,000 per year.
Table A higher education providers must limit Vice-Chancellor pay to less than $430,000 per year.
The Minister can set a different pay limit for a Vice-Chancellor's first year; this must be done by 1 July of the previous year.
Higher education providers must give TEQSA information about Vice-Chancellor pay if requested in writing.
Providers have at least 14 days to respond to a TEQSA information request.
A provider breaches its conditions if it fails to fix a pay limit violation within three months.

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