Media Releases
DELAY IN NEW HOME CARE PACKAGES ENDANGERS OLDER AUSTRALIANS
June 10, 2025
Independent Members and Senators are concerned about the impact the Albanese Government’s decision to postpone the commencement of 80,000 new Home Care packages will have on older Australians.
Read MoreRE-ELECTED ALBANESE GOVERNMENT’S FIRST ACT BETRAYS FUTURE GENERATIONS
May 28, 2025
The Albanese Government is abrogating any responsibility to the health and wellbeing of future generations and condemning them to an existence beset by worsened impacts from climate change by approving what will be the...
Read MoreOLD CSIRO SITE MUST BE UNLOCKED URGENTLY FOR MORE HOUSING
May 22, 2025
ACT Independent Senator David Pocock said it was extraordinarily frustrating that in the middle of an acute housing crisis, the Albanese and ACT Governments have failed to progress divestiture of the old CSIRO Ginninderra...
Read MoreYOUTH HOMELESS NEED FUNDING CERTAINTY
May 02, 2025
ACT Independent Senator David Pocock is renewing his calls to the Territory and Federal Governments to provide long-term funding certainty to frontline service providers in the ACT. This follows news that the Our Place...
Read MoreNOWHERE TO CALL HOME
April 30, 2025
The latest annual Rental Affordability Snapshot released today by Anglicare Australia again highlights the dire shortage of affordable rental homes and the need for more urgent government intervention.
Read MoreFRONTLINE DV SERVICES STILL FACE FUNDING CLIFF
April 29, 2025
Despite increased investments and a commitment from the Albanese Government to end gender-based violence within a generation, frontline family and domestic violence services in the ACT still face an imminent funding cliff.
Read MoreLIFELINE NEEDED TO SAVE ACT BUSINESSES DURING LIGHT RAIL CONSTRUCTION
April 24, 2025
With Canberra already leading the nation with the highest rate of business insolvencies, independent representatives are joining with the business community to call for a joint package of support from the ACT and Federal...
Read MoreCOALITION PLAN TO CRASH ACT ECONOMY
April 24, 2025
ACT Independent Senator David Pocock said Opposition Leader Peter Dutton should immediately walk back his commitment to crash the ACT economy by cutting 41,000 public service jobs in Canberra.
Read MorePBO MODELLING SHOWS STUDENTS PAY FOR DELAY IN REFORMING FAILED HIGHER EDUCATION SCHEME
April 22, 2025
Modelling undertaken by the Parliamentary Budget Office for ACT Independent Senator David Pocock shows that changing the timing of when indexation is applied to student debt could save people with HECS-HELP loans some $704...
Read MoreFAIR PAY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY
April 17, 2025
ACT Independent Senator David Pocock is standing alongside Down Syndrome Australia and members of the Down Syndrome community calling on both major parties to commit to phasing out the $3 an hour wage for...
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