At the presentation by the Provost Stephen Garton to Faculty staff on 28 Aug, he repeated several times that "we are the best-paid staff". Comparing USyd with UNSW pay rates, shows that the claim is not quite true: http://sydney.edu.au/staff/enterprise_agreement/ea_2009-12_schedules/index.shtml http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/salaries/salrates.html ----- An oft-repeated mantra (e.g. by Garton at his presentation, or in email from VC to Andrew Mathas) is that the pay of our executives is aimed at about 75% of "average" for the sector. Looking at UNSW annual reports http://annualreport.unsw.edu.au/ http://www.fin.unsw.edu.au/OurServices/FinancialControl_FinancialAccountingReporting_AnnualReports.html seems that their "executive group" are paid less than ours. Another myth busted? Details: http://sydney.edu.au/about/publications/annual_report/2012/annual_report_2012_volume_1.pdf#48 Remuneration Bonus Spence VC 744143 155000 Garton Provost 540799 83200 Armstrong Education 456300 39000 Hearn International 523106 44051 Trewhella Research 456300 70200 Brewer Strategic 443728 60681 Houston Indigenous 400000 50000 http://www.fin.unsw.edu.au/files/cfoann/UNSW_2012_Financial_Report.pdf#104 Base Super Bonus Hilmer VC 884057 27501 N/A Henry Academic 391885 59001 N/A (1Jan-4Nov) Martin Academic 86411 7777 N/A (15Oct-31Dec) Field Research 378874 62159 84347 Blakeman Finance&Ops 386699 68334 86528 Morris Services 304513 36762 64896 -----