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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

Inquiry: Australia’s delivery of social housing is a failure

22 October, 2026 - The Senate Economics References Committee’s first public hearing into Social Housing, held in Canberra today, heard evidence of serious failu...

Labor’s review into KPMG just more tinkering

22 October, 2026 - The Department of Finance has extended its temporary pause on new KPMG Commonwealth contracts to 28 February 2027. Dr Ian Watt’s indepen...

78% of Australians back rent limits

14 October, 2026 - New polling from the Australia Institute today reveals the majority of Australians support some form of rent regulation as well as increased ...

Greens call for federal support for Aboriginal-controlled YiSSA housing

7 October, 2026 - The federal government must urgently fund Darwin’s Yilli Short Stay Accommodation (YiSSA) to prevent its imminent closure, Greens say in ...

Labor spend on KPMG nearly doubled, data shows

6 October, 2026 - The Labor Government continues to spend big on consulting firms, despite the myriad of scandals that have plagued the Big 4 firms, according t...

Gov must find solution for first homebuyers conned by Labor’s 5% deposit scheme: Greens

2 October, 2026 - The Greens say that the government needs to find a solution for first homebuyers who have been conned by Labor’s 5% home deposit scheme - enco...

The public servants earning over $1 million

2 October, 2026 - A dozen federal public servants are earning over $1 million a year, including one EL2 earning over $1.5 million, according to a government res...

Locked out: the growing housing divide

30 September, 2026 - The Greens-led senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity spent six months hearing evidence from across the country about Austr...

Bathla collapse: the case for a public developer

16 September, 2026 - Thousands of Bathla homebuyers are waiting in limbo to find out if their homes will be built or if they’ll lose their deposits, after Bathl...

Sad day for Whyalla workers, 600 jobs cut

14 September, 2026 - Today’s announcement to cut hundreds of jobs in Whyalla is a devastating blow - with 500 workers at the blast furnace and 100 labour hire c...

KPMG raking in $437m in govt contracts, $303m in defence

11 September, 2026 - New data from the parliamentary library shows KPMG currently holds $437 million worth of active contracts with the Federal Labor Government...

Inquiry: Banks big winners from housing crisis

3 September, 2026 - The eighth and final hearing of the Greens-led Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity, held in Canberra today, heard ev...