Media Releases

The ACT Government has revealed in Annual Reports hearings today that Housing ACT is not claiming any of the NDIS funding available to modify public housing for people with disability.

New polling commissioned by the Australia Institute shows that Australians overwhelmingly oppose the kind of cash-for-access schemes the major parties consistently use as fundraising vehicles. A majority also think cash-for-access constitutes corrupt conduct and...

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has today accused both Labor and the Coalition of denying a duty of care to Australia’s children and future generations after the Senate rejected his Duty of Care Bill.

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has expressed disappointment that Labor, the Coalition and the Greens have decided to continue to hide details of who they are giving privileged access to inside Parliament House by...

In response to questions from media about his removal from group chats, ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has confirmed that he has been removed as a member of the Parliamentary Sports Club, effective immediately,...

A Senate Inquiry into aged care service delivery, instigated by ACT Independent Senator David Pocock, has made a major recommendation to end “rationed” care in the aged care system following findings that over 200,000...

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock hosted a roundtable at Parliament House today bringing together local First Nations custodians, community groups and environmental experts to advance a community-led proposal to protect the Western Edge of...

Like many in our community, I welcomed the appointment of Professor Bell as the first woman to lead our national university, however her leadership has over recent months become untenable.

Australia is a world leader in extinctions, deforestation and habitat loss. All permitted under broken federal environment laws that State of the Environment Report author Professor Graeme Samuel described as so bad they “need...

A full day of hearings in Canberra of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee has heard overwhelming evidence of the dire need for more Home Care packages to be urgently released.