Media Releases
An historic win for our community
June 14, 2022
The AEC has today distributed preferences and determined that Independent David Pocock has been elected to one of the two Senate seats for the ACT.
Read MoreCanberrans can’t afford to wait for equal rights
May 19, 2022
ACT Independent community-endorsed Senate candidate David Pocock has condemned the lack of support from both major parties’ leaders to prioritising Territory rights.
Read MoreMore ambition, bigger vision needed to fix housing
May 18, 2022
Releasing a detailed policy statement today, ACT Independent Senate candidate David Pocock has foreshadowed that if elected, he will use a likely crossbench balance of power position to fight for more meaningful action on...
Read MoreAPS efficiency dividend
May 17, 2022
The decision by the Coalition Government today to extend the efficiency dividend and lift the rate by 0.5%, effectively cutting some $2.7 billion from the Australian Public Service (APS) over the next four years...
Read MoreAEC decision on misleading Advance Australia advertisements
May 16, 2022
I welcome the findings by the Australian Electoral Commission that Advance Australia’s advertisements targeting me are in breach of section 329 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Read MoreSpecialist support for survivors of family and domestic violence
May 16, 2022
A national network of specialist, holistic, trauma recovery centres is needed as part of the Federal Government’s response to the unacceptably high incidence of family and domestic violence in Australia.
Read MoreLower bills, more lifesaving calls for Lifeline Canberra
May 11, 2022
Bringing together a team of local suppliers and working in partnership with EPC Solar and the Smart Energy Council, community-endorsed ACT Independent Senate candidate David Pocock has facilitated a significant upgrade to Lifeline Canberra’s...
Read MoreThe right to die with dignity in the ACT
May 10, 2022
Community-endorsed Independent Senate candidate David Pocock will move a private Senator’s bill to restore the ACT’s right to legislate on voluntary assisted dying in his first weeks in the Senate, should he be elected....
Read MoreFull extent of Canberra’s raw deal on federal funding laid bare
May 09, 2022
New analysis of Federal Government spending over the past five years has revealed a shocking disparity in the amount of Federal Government funding the ACT receives when compared to other states and territories.
Read MoreCutting bills and creating jobs with an accelerated smart energy transition
May 04, 2022
Canberra could become the hub for a world-first trial to cut household energy costs and create jobs under a new proposal from community-endorsed Independent Senate candidate David Pocock developed in conjunction with Saul Griffith...
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