Overview

• Vice-chancellor Andrew Parfitt said SafeWork NSW ended its order on Friday, with consultations to restart and a formal change proposal to be released within weeks.
• UTS plans to cut about 400 roles to achieve roughly A$100m in annual savings, with notifications to proceed once meetings resume.
• Enrolments are paused in 120 courses until the end of autumn 2026, affecting fewer than 1,000 prospective students, and TEQSA’s investigation remains open.
• Parfitt told a Senate inquiry UTS spent A$44m on consultants last year, including A$7m to KPMG, and confirmed senior bonuses are paused to save about A$2.5m.
• stern SySydney University separately confirmed about 238 job cuts to address deficits as senators questioned vice-chancellors’ pay of about A$800,000 and A$935,000 without commitments to reduce salaries.