CQU VC Scott Bowman says the university’s 10 per cent pay rise for staff over five years is “a fair deal for hardworking staff.” This may not go down well with management at neighbouring James Cook U, where the union and university are at no-speaks, with salary negotiations stalled. To make the point that JCU management is mean the local branch of the National Tertiary Education Union has produced a pay and leave comparison between the two.