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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

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...

Greens join Vic Labor’s push for 2 day work from home: a productivity boon

20 August, 2025 - Australians should have the legal right to work from home at least two days a week where it is practical and reasonable, according to federal ...

Greens say deregulation won’t fix the housing crisis

14 August, 2025 - Housing Minister Clare O’Neil’s promise to deregulate home building won’t fix the housing crisis, according to Australian Greens Housing and H...

Greens back union calls for 4-day work week to boost productivity

13 August, 2025 - The Australian Greens welcome ACTU’s calls for shorter working weeks with the same pay, and want it on the top of the agenda at the Government...

Greens welcome universal childcare on the agenda but urge Labor to lead — not outsource

11 August, 2025 - The Greens say Labor’s outsourcing of the Early Education Service Delivery Prices Project to Deloitte falls short of actual progress towards r...

End of housing crisis is possible, only obstacle is Labor

7 August, 2025 - The Australian Greens welcome ACOSS’s calls to urgently address the unfair tax breaks that benefit property investors, as well as their call fo...

Greens outraged by Government’s decision to green light PwC

7 August, 2025 - Today the Government made public its decision to give PwC the green light to restart its bidding for federal contracts. The Department of Fi...