Media Releases

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has welcomed the announcement by Treasurer Jim Chalmers today of an additional $233 million investment in the CSIRO in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO).

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock and Senator for Tasmania Jacqui Lambie have today welcomed the release of the independent review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, entitled Getting the best outcomes for injured...

A major Senate Committee inquiry into the quality of governance at Australia’s universities has today tabled its report recommending further reform after an almost year-long inquiry.

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock is today launching a community-driven campaign for a new Multicultural Centre in Canberra.

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has raised concerns about reports that the Australian Research Council (ARC) is conducting a secret organisational restructure that could cost yet more jobs in Canberra.

Dissenting reports tabled today from ACT Independent Senator David Pocock, the Coalition and the Greens unanimously oppose the Albanese Government’s Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 from the notice paper, signalling that it does...

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock said the agreement the Albanese Government has today reached with the Australian Greens represents an improvement on current national environment laws but still falls short in six key areas.

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock is today introducing a new private Senator’s bill to ensure that in a world of generative AI and deepfakes, Australians retain an explicit right over the use of their...

Australia has the awful title of being the world leader in mammal extinctions and is the only developed country considered a deforestation hotspot.

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has warned the Albanese Labor Government that any move to walk away from the core recommendation of the Murphy Review for a phased-in total ban of gambling advertising would...