Subbies shocked after contract pay cut demands at the University of Newcastle

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated February 15 2018 - 12:39pm, first published May 30 2016 - 9:00am

CRITICS of Newcastle University’s controversial $88 million maintenance contract with the company managing Australia’s offshore detention centres have slammed the university after Hunter sub-contractors were ordered to find an immediate 10 per cent pay cut, and given just weeks to find another cut of up to 10 per cent.

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