There is no faulting management and union at Flinders U for keeping issues separate. The two sides have slugged it out over a restructure for years but have kept enterprise bargaining out of it. And now, National Tertiary Education Union branch president Andrew Miller tells staff, that the EB year “has started positively”.

“We are very close now, with important discussions taking place to finalise academic workloads and discipline procedures (both with proper safeguards). Salary and superannuation will be discussed at the next meeting. That means we’re close. As ever, the Flinders bargaining team will not settle for a second-rate agreement.”