Melbourne University to backpay staff over $72m wage theft

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Latest FAIR WORK ‘Australia’s worst wage thief’: Top university underpaid staff by $72m The University of Melbourne has apologised to 25,000 staff for underpayments spanning a decade, and been hit with a $600,000 fine. By NATASHA BITA ELECTION PLEDGE Childcare centre splurge to slug taxpayers $1bn Taxpayers will bankroll Labor’s $1bn pledge to build 160 new childcare centres, in a re-election vow that echoes Kevin Rudd’s 17-year-old broken promise to construct 260 daycare ce... By NATASHA BITA, SARAH ISON CREDIT RATINGS S&P Global warns of ‘downward pressure’ on credit ratings As the federal government plots a new way to cut international student visas, S&P Global has flagged issues with universities’ strong credit ratings. See which universities are... By NATASHA BITA EXCLUSIVE Trans students could be excluded from ‘collision’ sports A review of 10-year-old legal advice on gender-diverse participation in competitive school sport could result in trans students being excluded based on ‘risk of injury’. By JOANNA PANAGOPOULOS EXCLUSIVE Flat fee for childcare ‘fraught with danger’ The introduction of a $10-a-day flat-fee model for childcare risks repeating the mistakes made in aged care, a milestone report has found. By SARAH ISON We think you might also like New vice-chancellor for University of Wollongong A scientist born in rural China who became one of Australia’s most eminent chemical scientists has been appointed the next vice-chancellor of the University of Wollongong. By NATASHA BITA Voting open in Shaping Australia Awards The Shaping Australia Awards recognise academics for transforming Australian lives for the better. By JOANNA PANAGOPOULOS   NEWSLETTERS TODAY'S PAPER MIND GAMES THE AUSTRALIAN PLUS   Want to change how you receive these emails? Manage your newsletter preferences or unsubscribe from this newsletter. Sent by The Australian, GPO Box 4245, Sydney, NSW, 2001 Australia.