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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

Chalmers must direct APRA to go further on investor lending

27 November, 2025 - APRA has announced today that the regulator will intervene in the housing crisis by introducing limits to stop high risk loans from 1 Februa...

Greens secure Senate inquiry into work from home

27 November, 2025 - The Greens have secured a Senate inquiry into the right to work from home. The Committee inquiry will consider the Greens bill to give wo...

Greens secure Senate inquiry into CSIRO job cuts

26 November, 2025 - The Greens have secured a Senate inquiry into the job and program cuts at the CSIRO, Australia’s leading scientific research agency. The inq...

Labor should cut spending big on consultants, not weaken public service

26 November, 2025 - Labor has backflipped on its 2022 election promise to rebuild the public sector, following reports the Government plans to slash 5% of spend...

Dire rental affordability should be wake-up call for Labor

24 November, 2025 - Australia’s rental market remains dire according to the latest data from SGS Economics and Planning’s Rental Affordability Index 2025. In...

If Labor won't act on runaway investor lending, then the Greens will

12 November, 2025 - The Greens are calling on APRA to intervene in Australia’s housing crisis, asking them to reinstate measures used to cool the market in inve...

Greens secure Senate inquiries into unfair CGT discount and intergenerational housing inequality

4 November, 2025 - The Greens have secured a Senate inquiry into the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, exposing one of the most regressive tax breaks in Austral...

Labor says no to super for all workers under 18

4 November, 2025 - Labor has refused to support Greens’ amendments to grant all young workers the right to superannuation contributions from their employers. ...

Greens welcome audit of Labor’s failed housing fund

29 October, 2025 - The Greens welcome the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)’s audit of the Albanese Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF). The...

Greens demand government treat housing crisis as matter of public urgency

27 October, 2025 - The Australian Greens have put forward a motion to parliament today calling on the Senate to recognise Australia’s housing crisis as a matter...

Government’s climate inaction adding fuel to the housing crisis

22 October, 2025 - Homeowners are paying a climate “disaster penalty” as climate-driven floods become more frequent and severe, according to a new report publis...

Barbara Pocock

21 October, 2025 - Our country continues to grapple with the stark realities of a cost-of-living crisis, an acute housing emergency, and the undeniable impacts of climate change.