Media Releases

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has welcomed the establishment today of a Senate inquiry into the Middle Arm precinct, given its potential to significantly impact the health of Territorians and all Australians.

New oil and gas developments bring significant risks for the health and wellbeing of communities, according to a new report from The University of Sydney that has been welcomed by Independent ACT Senator David...

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has welcomed the findings tabled today of the Senate Education and Employment References Committee inquiry into the potential impacts of the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme on small...

With major reforms to Australia’s environmental laws set to come before the federal parliament next year, ACT Independent Senator David Pocock is this week going on a listening tour at the invitation of local...

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.

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. 

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...

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...

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.

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...