Media Releases
Voice Information Evening - Orange
August 21, 2023
ACT Independent Senator David Pocock is joining Independent Member for Calare Andrew Gee MP alongside four other panellists for a community conversation in Orange this week about the upcoming Voice referendum.
Read More60 Day Dispensing Disallowance
August 10, 2023
ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has today voted alongside other crossbenchers not to support a move by the Coalition to disallow the government’s changes to enable 60 day dispensing.
Read MoreBill to give artists fair pay for play on radio
August 09, 2023
ACT Independent Senator David Pocock’s second Private Senator’s Bill being debated in the Senate today seeks to overturn a decades long legislative anomaly that unfairly limits artists’ income when their songs are played on...
Read MoreTurning Point in Climate Debate
August 07, 2023
The largest delegation of doctors to ever come to Parliament House will sound the alarm over Darwin’s Middle Arm gas precinct, warning of increased cancer rates and other devastating health consequences if the Federal...
Read MoreA Vision for Canberra
August 01, 2023
Notes for a speech delivered by Senator Pocock at the Canberra Region Tourism Advisory Forum on Tuesday 1 August 2023, launching the ACT infrastructure investment campaign A Vision for Canberra.
Read MoreNew bill to create duty of care to young Australians in government decision-making
July 31, 2023
ACT Independent Senator David Pocock will introduce the Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Equity) Bill 2023 tomorrow, which would legislate a positive duty of care, creating a requirement for politicians and...
Read MoreHuge delegation to visit Parliament for day of action to stop Australia’s ‘cancer alley’
July 26, 2023
Scores of health professionals from across the country are preparing to descend on Canberra when parliament resumes protesting the development of what they fear will become Australia’s own ‘cancer alley’.
Read MoreReview of Renewable Energy Infrastructure a win for communities
July 04, 2023
A new review announced today examining the roll out of renewable energy infrastructure will provide a meaningful and constructive way for communities, especially in regional Australia, to have their say on the impact of...
Read MoreFederal inquiry into calvary
June 22, 2023
The Australian Greens and the Coalition today voted to refer Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan’s private Senator’s bill that seeks to amend the ACT Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 to a senate committee for...
Read MoreSenator Foster Critical Dialogue on Investment and AUS-US Climate Compact
June 21, 2023
Today Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg, Labor Senator Karen Grogan, and ACT Independent Senator David Pocock are sparking an essential discussion on the AUS-US Climate Compact and stimulating investment in Australia’s green export potential.
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