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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

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.

Childcare educators forced out by soaring rents and profit-driven childcare, new data shows

16 October, 2025 - Childcare educators forced out by soaring rents and profit-driven childcare, new data shows New data showing early childhood educators can...

Greens slam Deloitte’s unethical behaviour and measly refund over AI report bungle

9 October, 2025 - Greens Senators Barbara Pocock and Penny Allman-Payne have grilled the Government in Senate estimates over the bungled Deloitte report into th...

Labor’s 5% deposit scheme: A recipe for housing stress, data reveals

3 October, 2025 - The Albanese Government’s First Home Guarantee Scheme, which allows first-home buyers to purchase a home with a 5% deposit, will break the ban...

Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will add billions to property prices

1 October, 2025 - The Albanese Government’s First Home Buyers Scheme will add $55 billion to property prices over the next six years, according to ABS data anal...

Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will only fuel the housing crisis

17 September, 2025 - Labor’s home guarantee scheme won’t ease the housing crisis. It will pour fuel on the fire. The experts are clear: it won’t work for single...

PwC’s integrity won’t be restored by banning one bad apple

9 September, 2025 - Australia’s Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has banned a former PwC boss over their links to the consultancy firm's tax leaks scandal. In A...

Greens bill to ban dodgy contractors in response to PwC

4 September, 2025 - The Greens have introduced a bill to ban dodgy contractors from getting government work. This includes debarring any potential supplier, who...

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...