Media Releases
A SHARED VISION FOR PROTECTING CANBERRA’S WESTERN EDGE
September 18, 2025
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...
Read MoreSTATEMENT REGARDING ANU VC
September 11, 2025
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.
Read MoreGOVERNMENT MUST SEIZE OPPORTUNITY FOR STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REFORM
September 10, 2025
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...
Read MoreSENATE INQUIRY HEARS DAMNING EVIDENCE OF WAIT TIMES AND NEED TO RELEASE HOME CARE PACKAGES
September 10, 2025
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.
Read MoreNEW VOLUNTARY REGISTER TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY IN PARLIAMENT
September 04, 2025
After years of inaction from both major parties, ACT Independent Senator David Pocock is setting up a voluntary register to publish information about lobbyists with privileged access-all-areas passes to Parliament House.
Read MoreNEW LEADERSHIP NEEDED AT ANU
August 12, 2025
The first public hearing of the reconstituted Senate Inquiry into University Governance held today at Parliament House heard extraordinary testimony from staff and students about the impact of Renew ANU.
Read MoreNEW REPORT SHOWS MORE SUPPORT NEEDED TO DELIVER 9 OUT OF 10 BULK BILLING PROMISE IN THE ACT
July 28, 2025
Research released today by healthcare directory Cleanbill analysing the Albanese Government’s expansion of the bulk billing incentive reveals the change will result in only one additional practice bulk billing in the ACT.
Read MoreSENATE INQUIRY PROPOSED INTO HOME CARE PACKAGES FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT REFUSAL TO ACT
July 25, 2025
The Albanese Government has rebuffed calls from Independent Members and Senators to bring forward 20,000 additional Home Care packages on 1 July following a delay in the transition to a new Support at Home...
Read MoreNEARLY 64,000 AUSTRALIANS SIGN PETITION ON GAZA
July 24, 2025
ACT Independent Senator David Pocock will today table a petition from Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders that has now been signed by nearly 64,000 Australians calling on the Australian Government to do...
Read MoreHARD REFORM NEEDED IN HIGHER EDUCATION
July 23, 2025
While welcoming the introduction today of legislation from the Albanese Government to wipe 20% of student debt, ACT Senator David Pocock standing alongside independent parliamentary colleagues, students, educators and their representative bodies is calling...
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