David Pocock has called on the federal government to urgently intervene into the leadership crisis at the Australian National University as pressure mounts on the chancellor and vice-chancellor to resign.

It comes after the independent senator told ABC earlier on Tuesday he hoped to see “some change in leadership at the top” of ANU, following a tumultuous year including redundancies, proposed course closures and allegations of a toxic work culture.

“I would urge the council to get on with it now. Based on what I hear, the current leadership simply doesn’t have the trust or any faith that they can be turned around,” Pocock said. Australian universities to cut about 2,400 jobs and hundreds of courses as sector blames ‘confused’ government policies Read more

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