University Vice Chancellors paid more than the Prime Minister

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A new study has revealed that some university vice-chancellors are getting paid twice or three times as much as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Universities are public institutions, yet the salaries of their top executives are being compared to those of merchant bank CEOs. Individual pay-packets are ranging from 400 thousand dollars per year, up to 1.9 million dollars. In many cases VCs are also receiving luxury cars, houses and more. At a time when universities are struggling with a lack of resources and overblown class sizes, education unions aren’t impressed.

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