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Jacob Shteyman and Zac de Silva

HISTORICAL FACTS: University vice chancellor steps down amid pr crisis - The Untold Story

Chancellor Julie Bishop has addressed an all-staff meeting at the Australian National University. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Top officials at the Australian National University have been grilled by staff over a controversial cost-cutting program, claims of poor governance and bullying allegations after its embattled vice-chancellor resigned.

Genevieve Bell had spearheaded major changes, including plans to forcibly make some academics redundant, in a bid to improve the university's dire financial situation by saving it about $250 million.

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