University vice chancellors on million-dollar salaries should have their pay packets independently reviewed and capped, according to the advice of a parliamentary inquiry that has given a scathing assessment of how Australia’s tertiary institutions are being run.

A bipartisan group of senators who have been interrogating universities also want institutions to publish their council meeting minutes online, disclose how much they’re spending on consultants and why, and launch a “conflict-of-interest” register for council members and senior executives that is publicly updated.

Their recommendations, published in an interim report on Friday, come after several high-profile controversies at Australian universities.

Most recently, Sydney’s UTS has faced backlash over plans to shut down sever

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