Staff at the Australian National University are to receive their pay rise in January instead of the previously announced July.
The move was a recognition that they had been willing to postpone taking a rise in order to help the university cut costs to cope with the impact of the pandemic.
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"Bringing forward this increase is an important way for the university to acknowledge and thank everyone for the goodwill they've shown over this most challenging period in our university's history," the university's Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt said.
The ANU would move into financial surplus in 2021 but this was because of "one-off circumstances".
There was an "improved financial position" though deficits were forecast for 2022 and 2023.
Professor Schmidt said the "recovery plan" was "tracking better overall than originally envisioned".
Steve Evans
Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."
Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."
