ANU chancellor Julie Bishop faces 'likely' no confidence vote as union ramps up criticism
The National Tertiary Education Union warns a proposed no confidence vote in the leadership of ANU's vice chancellor may be expanded to include Bishop after further damaging revelations.
Australia’s peak education union says it's "likely" to move a vote of no confidence in Australian National University (ANU) chancellor Julie Bishop’s leadership, after she revealed she approved all details of vice chancellor Genevieve Bell’s paid role with a tech giant.
Bell’s future has come under increasing pressure after a series of damaging reports, including that she maintained a paid job at technology giant Intel despite earning more than $1 million in her ANU role.
Last month, Capital Brief revealed that the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) planned to move a vote of no confidence against Bell if the ANU refused to sack her over the revelation, which it described as the “final straw”.
NTEU ACT secretary Lachlan Clohesy said he now expects the vote to be expanded to include Bishop, after the former foreign minister took responsibility for approving Bell's outside work in a letter to fellow council members on Christmas Eve, as first reported by The Australian Financial Review.
