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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

Inquiry into CSIRO funding cuts reveals grim future for Australia

13 March, 2026 - A Senate inquiry hearing into the job and program cuts at the CSIRO, Australia’s leading scientific research agency, has revealed low morale fo...

Labor wasted billions on property tax breaks

13 March, 2026 - Labor has wasted $53 billion on tax concessions for wealthy property investors since it came to power in 2022, according to new data compiled b...

APRA must level playing field on housing

2 March, 2026 - New Cotality data shows that annual credit growth for investor home lending is tracking at the fastest rate since 2015, which should raise alarm...

The time is right for housing tax reform

27 February, 2026 - With negative gearing back on the political table following the Greens campaign to end investor lending, momentum for tax reform is growing....

The Great Australian Dream is dead thanks to Labor

26 February, 2026 - New data today from Domain's First Home Buyer Report shows affordable homes are out of reach for average first-home buyers in all Australian...

Housing now an investor’s playground

20 February, 2026 - New analysis today by ACOSS shows property investors are buying almost twice as many homes as first-home buyers, thanks to government tax br...

Housing Affordability Is a Political Choice, And We Can Choose Better

19 February, 2026 - Housing Affordability Is a Political Choice, And We Can Choose Better By Senator Barbara Pocock   Australia is in the grip of ...

Wages lag behind soaring costs of housing and healthcare

18 February, 2026 - New quarterly ABS data released today show wages are not keeping up with inflation, as yet another bank, NAB, announces a quarterly profit o...

Bank profits spike amid housing crisis

12 February, 2026 - In the midst of a housing crisis, the big banks’ obscene profits have been taken directly out of the pockets of mortgagees and renters. T...

Lending data shows the worst of Australia’s housing crisis is yet to come

11 February, 2026 - New Cotality data shows rental affordability is at a record low as rents rise 2.5 times faster than wages, while ABS data today shows invest...

CGT discount now a quarter trillion dollar rort

6 February, 2026 - New figures show the Capital Gains Tax discount will blow a quarter-trillion dollar hole in the budget over the next decade. Parliamentary...

First home buyers, latest casualties of a rotten revolving door

5 February, 2026 - In the same week Australian households were told their mortgage repayments will go up, they have also learnt who the real beneficiaries of go...