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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

Big 4 are making a mockery

4 June, 2026 - The latest KPMG scandals show the Big 4 consultancy firms are making a mockery of the parliament, yet again. Following multiple scandals, KPMG...

Labor must ban KPMG

4 June, 2026 - As the fallout over KPMG’s multiple scandals continues, the Greens can reveal that the government holds numerous active audit contracts with the ...

Minimum wage still won’t pay the rent

2 June, 2026 - The Fair Work Commission’s decision today to increase the modern award wage rate by 4.75% from 1 July 2026, still won’t pay the rent. Sin...

Young people punished for high inflation

27 May, 2026 - New CPI data today shows inflation remains high at 4.2% (in the 12 months to April 2026), which is further bad news for young people already faci...

Labor razes South Australian heritage

26 May, 2026 - Federal and SA Labor have failed to protect the state’s precious park lands after the razing of 585 mature trees for the redevelopment of the Nor...

CSIRO cuts ignored by Labor cowardice

20 May, 2026 - The Greens call on Labor to immediately respond to reports that the CSIRO will tomorrow sack a third of the team working on Australia’s national ...

Inquiry reveals widening gap in housing inequality

18 May, 2026 - A Greens-led Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity, has today revealed a housing crisis out of control where younger generations...

Budget bakes in housing inequality

13 May, 2026 - Labor promised to deliver a budget that would tackle intergenerational housing inequity but failed to deliver. The Greens say Labor’s budget b...

Labor’s budget backs corporate profits & the 1% over people

12 May, 2026 - In their first budget of the term, Labor has chosen corporate profits over people, by delivering real cuts to services while allowing corporate p...

Labor’s fuel crisis budget will pick a side: ordinary people or corporate profits

7 May, 2026 - As the illegal war in the Middle East fuels inflation and economic inequality, Labor's budget must choose a side: deliver for people, or deliver f...

Big 4 banks are raking in billions off home loans

5 May, 2026 - The big four banks - CBA, NAB, Westpac and ANZ - made a profit of $16.9 billion from owner-occupier home loans in 2025, new data by the ...

Rate rise pain won’t be felt by the top 1%

5 May, 2026 - Today’s interest rate rise will further entrench economic inequality and deliver more money into the pockets of the 1 per cent at the expense of r...