UniMelb, USyd, Monash, UNSW and the University of Queensland combined hold a whopping $37.3 billion in assets, making Australia’s universities the wealthiest since national records began.

Key demands include an end to casualisation and pay increases above inflation.

The University of Melbourne allegedly attempted to coerce two casual academics to prevent them from being paid in full.

“The University [of Melbourne] is first and foremost the ones who allow people to be on campus, and allowed him to come back. It starts with the University and ends with the University,” Sinead Fernandes said.

Critics have said that the apology is not enough.

Fighting back against the Menzies Institute is not a restriction of free speech as the right claims, but is an expression of it.

The Institute has been compared to the Ramsay Centre.

Tim Asimakis reports on the latest blow to NUS’ finances.