If universities and the NTEU don’t agree on crisis-adaptions on employment conditions the Fair Work Commission might decide its own (CMM April 7) – in fact, it already has 

The FWC has varied the higher education award for professional staff, which sets out base conditions, which apply in the absence of an enterprise agreement, with specific clauses to cover COVID-19. They cover unpaid/ half-pay self-quarantine leave, are in place to June 30, but can be extended on application.