Vice Chancellor Nick Klomp says the university “considered all possible options to minimise job losses before proceeding”

“This is a step we must take to ensure CQU’s ongoing success and sustainability in the post-COVID-19 environment, which will include more domestic and international competition for students, and more providers offering new products online,” he said.

Last Friday Professor Klomp rejected the then proposed national accord for cuts to wages and conditions, in return for job protection (CMM May 25). The deal is off nationally but can still proceed at individual universities.

But not at CQU, which “must take decisive action now on our structure and costs, and rapidly move forward, without eroding important employee conditions,” he said then.