That is because UNSW aviation employs some staff on a "sessional" basis or they are adjunct Profs etc. Never pretend that they are full time
The normal occurrence when you are employed full time at a University as a lecturer is that you attend your workplace more or less M to F from about 8:30 to 4:30 or 9 to 5 all days except public holidays. Really no different to someone who works full time at a law service or factory around the corner from a Uni.
It would seem to be a wonderful condition of service to be located 2500 km from your place of employment and beam your lectures in for your 4 to 6 hours of teaching per week. Whilst collecting a pay check as a senior lecturer of what would it be $110K to $140K.
Just wondering what the current undergraduates at Griffith Aviation think of this. In your experience is also wonderful for you ? Getting a fair shake for the HECS debt you are incurring ?
Would challenge anyone to produce anyone else who has the same arrangements in Australia. That the academic is employed full time by a university to work at that university, but resides 2500km. And drops by to do their lectures for a few hours a week by Twitter or facebook , giving her students a wonderful social media experience.