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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

Greens slam Deloitte’s unethical behaviour and measly refund over AI report bungle

9 October, 2025 - Greens Senators Barbara Pocock and Penny Allman-Payne have grilled the Government in Senate estimates over the bungled Deloitte report into th...

Labor’s 5% deposit scheme: A recipe for housing stress, data reveals

3 October, 2025 - The Albanese Government’s First Home Guarantee Scheme, which allows first-home buyers to purchase a home with a 5% deposit, will break the ban...

Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will add billions to property prices

1 October, 2025 - The Albanese Government’s First Home Buyers Scheme will add $55 billion to property prices over the next six years, according to ABS data anal...

Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will only fuel the housing crisis

17 September, 2025 - Labor’s home guarantee scheme won’t ease the housing crisis. It will pour fuel on the fire. The experts are clear: it won’t work for single...

PwC’s integrity won’t be restored by banning one bad apple

9 September, 2025 - Australia’s Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has banned a former PwC boss over their links to the consultancy firm's tax leaks scandal. In A...

Greens bill to ban dodgy contractors in response to PwC

4 September, 2025 - The Greens have introduced a bill to ban dodgy contractors from getting government work. This includes debarring any potential supplier, who...

Labor has played politics with workers' rights

28 August, 2025 - Labor has played politics with workers by refusing to support Greens’ amendments to expand flexible working arrangements and introduce the rig...

Federal Labor rejects the right for Australians to work from home

27 August, 2025 - The Australian Greens today put forward amendments to protect and expand Australians’ right to work from home, which Labor rejected. The Gr...

Labor’s spending on consultancy firms higher than under Morrison, data reveals

26 August, 2025 - The Labor government increased its spending on consulting contracts every year of the last parliament, despite boasting savings on consulting ...

Labor’s scheme won’t solve the housing crisis, it will drive up prices

25 August, 2025 - Labor’s Housing Minister Clare O’Neil’s announcement today to bring forward guarantees for a 5% deposit for first-home buyers to avoid mortgag...

Major Parties pass law to build public housing for US troops under AUKUS

25 August, 2025 - The major parties have just passed legislation that will allow the Government to spend an unknown amount of public funds on building housing f...

Labor’s roundtable has let down workers, renters and first home buyers

22 August, 2025 - The Greens say the Government's roundtable has delivered nothing for workers, renters and first home buyers, according to Greens Senator Barba...