The University of NSW tells staff it is seeking 493 voluntary redundancies by the end of the month, with unions blaming the Government for its failure to extend JobKeeper to the university sector.
"Responsibility for these losses lies squarely with Dan Tehan and the Federal Government.
"Australian universities provide first-class research and teaching, but they have been deserted by a second-rate Government." "Staff are shocked, they're devastated, they're angry. They share the view that job cuts aren't necessary," he told the ABC. "Anyone who losses their jobs at the moment in the midst of the worst financial downturn in living memory is going to find it very hard to get another job."
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