While administrator Viv May said he had seen no evidence of corruption at Armidale Regional Council, the administrator has said millions of dollars had been wasted.

An audit is looking at the council finances since the merger of Armidale of Guyra councils in 2016, as in that time Mr May said $8 million has been blown.

Work is also continuing to find a new general manager at the council.

Mr May said it was critical to get a good general manager, because that person is the glue that holds it all together.

As the university looks to slash its annual wage bill by $20 million, it had called for voluntary redundancies and on Thursday started a 20-day consultation period with staff to discuss what the organisation will look like after the cuts.

But this week the workplace conflict escalated at UNE when the National Tertiary Education Union lodged notice of an industrial dispute with management of the university.

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