More than $1m was spent on upgrading the University of Tasmania's vice-chancellor's office and administration area over just five years while it was occupied by former vice-chancellor Peter Rathjen.
The University of Tasmania spent more than $1.3 million on renovations of the vice-chancellor's office and nearby administration area over the five years to 2016, the ABC can reveal.
Two years later it was reconfigured again, to create a new meeting room and install extensive audio-visual and IT equipment, at a cost of $477,000. The union representing university staff, the National Tertiary Education Union, has previously tried to obtain the figures to no avail during enterprise bargaining negotiations, according to state secretary Kelvin Michael."In 2017, the NTEU raised with UTAS management the reportedly high costs of renovations to the vice-chancellor's office," Mr Michael said.
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