David Cross

Higher education nerd, public policy expert, ocean lover. Views my own, RT not endorsements.

[Allegra Spender @spenderallegra]

The right to peaceful protest is an important part of Australian democracy, but not support for a prescribed terrorist organisation.
Police must investigate and prosecute those who support and promote violence.
Extremism is a threat to our social cohesion.

[Matt Bevan @MatthewBevan]

Australians: That Paris opening ceremony was so weird

Also Australians:

[David Cross @DaveJHCross]

@ChristyDanFan Labor just as bad though. Labor: don’t blame migrants for complex societal problems. Also Labor: international students have caused the housing crisis (demonstrably untrue). It is a race to the bottom at present.

[David Cross @DaveJHCross]

@jeromelaxale @jeromelaxale - but your lot are no better - just look at your recent international student policy - blaming overseas students for housing crisis when, as you point out, they have nothing to do with it. Both sides atm are rich on populist rhetoric and poor on good economic policy

[David Cross @DaveJHCross]

@JuliaHB1 The fact that this is still here is a huge problem - especially since we know now that this tragedy is unrelated to ideology and is not a terrorist event. Please stop leveraging such events to boost your followers. Uninformed at best - willfully ignorant at worst.

[The Hon. Matt Kean @honmattkean]

Congratulations to @ProfRScolyerMIA & @ProfGLongMIA. Two extraordinary Australians using their skills and brilliance to save lives and beat cancer

[UNSW @UNSW]

💬 “It is not realistic to tell people not to use screens at all, but we can do better when it comes to being more mindful about how screens might impact our eye health and managing the risks day-to-day.”

https://t.co/w1zoHxxtVI

[David Cross @DaveJHCross]

@Lusan99 @MichaelRuyg @JaneCaro @vmp9 I read the Guardian, The Australian and everything in between. I disagree with plenty written across all mastheads. My point is that intentionally narrow-casting your info sources feeds into the hyper-partisanship that dominates social media (and politics more broadly!)

[David Cross @DaveJHCross]

@MichaelRuyg @JaneCaro @vmp9 What a silly statement. Why would you want to only read things you agree with? This is no different than right wing loonies dumping on the ABC. People refusing to leave the comfort blanket of their own echo chamber is part of the reason our political environment is so toxic.

[David Cross @DaveJHCross]

@RichardYabsley You say this like it is a contrarian insight. It would be embarrassing for them if they didn’t. Not since 1931 has a fed gov failed to win a second term. Minority gov looking very likely though.

[Dr Sophie Scamps MP @SophieScamps]

Incredible to have Leonardo DiCaprio supporting our Forests Pledge to end native forest logging in Australia!

Our hard work behind the scenes on Climate and the Australian Environment is paying dividends.

Change happens when the people demand it!

#TheForestsPledge

[UNSW @UNSW]

A huge congratulations to UNSW Scientia Professor and Cobble Cobble woman Professor Megan Davis (@mdavisqlder) who has been appointed Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at @Harvard University.

🔗 https://t.co/MLLKgVl8sH

[UNSW @UNSW]

💬"...these models do not represent the upper layers of the atmosphere very well... we thought this might be a missing link."

A UNSW study has found stratospheric clouds over the Arctic may explain differences between polar warming models & recorded data.https://t.co/ROHvOTnZOM

[David Cross @DaveJHCross]

As a former Chief of Staff to a senior NSW minister, I can tell you it is incomprehensible that the Minister here would not be aware of what her DLO was doing…#nswpol @lachlan_kennedy

[10 News Sydney @10NewsSyd]

A NSW Transport Department employee appears to have broken rules about being politically neutral, with two senior bureaucrats giving evidence that they raised concerns six months ago | @lachlan_kennedy @johaylen @NSWLabor #nswpol

[Jennifer Buckingham @buckingham_j]

An open letter signed by 45 literacy academics and experts has been published today. It asks all education ministers in Australia to commit in a new #NSRA to provide instruction, assessment and intervention to ensure students learn to read proficiently.
https://t.co/xqk31gEi9O

[Jason Clare MP @JasonClareMP]

Media release: New Australian National University Vice-Chancellor #auspol @ourANU
https://t.co/9nb5n97MI7

[UNSW @UNSW]

💬 “We want to excite the next generation of innovators and make them realise how they can make a big change in the world."

The first ever nuclear fusion device to be wholly designed, built and operated by students is planned for UNSW. https://t.co/4vg5EoG3kW

[David Cross @DaveJHCross]

This is bang on.

[Dr. Nick Coatsworth @nick_coatsworth]

This article is a misrepresentation of nearly every quoted data point, with some frank misinformation (that there are over 2300 covid orphans in Australia). You can't compare paediatric COVID and flu/rsv hospital admissions, because we have never systematically tested every admitted patient for flu/rsv. There is no attempt to differentiate incidental, social and actual respiratory admissions. This is no better than how the anti-vax movement selectively quotes data and then re-jigs it to suit their own arguments. Its a real shame this still goes on in 2023. @CroakeyNews https://t.co/NQy1zJXAEh

[David Cross @DaveJHCross]

@ManUtd The misogyny on @X re @ManUtd decision to release #MasonGreenwood beggars belief. Any real Utd fan would have been appalled had the club kept him. The club did the right thing and should have done it sooner. #GreenwoodOut