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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

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...

Response to CSIRO funding ‘pathetic’: Greens

28 April, 2026 - A Senate inquiry into the job and program cuts at the CSIRO has today released its final report, exposing a deliberate shift away from public g...

PM must coordinate a rent freeze at National Cabinet: Greens

23 April, 2026 - The Australian Greens are calling for the National Cabinet to implement a nationwide rent freeze and a moratorium on evictions for the duration...

Who Gets a Home? Inside the Greens’ Housing Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequality

23 April, 2026 - Who Gets a Home? Inside the Greens’ Housing Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequality By Senator Barbara Pocock We are in an inte...

House prices rise as unfair tax breaks turbocharge crisis

1 April, 2026 - House prices have risen yet again - by 2.1 per cent for the first quarter of the year and by 0.7 per cent in the month of March - according to&n...

FWC scraps junior rates for 18-20 year olds

31 March, 2026 - The Fair Work Commission’s decision today to scrap unfair junior rates for young adults aged 18-20 is a big win for our workers. The Greens ...