While declining to comment on detail of the discussion, Ron Patterson, Victorian state manager at PIAA told Australian Printer that a number of matters had been finalised at the meeting however some negotiations and decisions were still on-going.

The Victorian printing industry is uneasy with the ousting of Black, who has been at the institution for almost 29 years, and was the driving force behind the creation of the ICGT in 2000, which runs the country’s only degree level print course. There are around 650 students at the school, with around 15 per cent on the degree course.

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