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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

Labor razes South Australian heritage

26 May, 2026 - Federal and SA Labor have failed to protect the state’s precious park lands after the razing of 585 mature trees for the redevelopment of the Nor...

CSIRO cuts ignored by Labor cowardice

20 May, 2026 - The Greens call on Labor to immediately respond to reports that the CSIRO will tomorrow sack a third of the team working on Australia’s national ...

Inquiry reveals widening gap in housing inequality

18 May, 2026 - A Greens-led Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity, has today revealed a housing crisis out of control where younger generations...

Budget bakes in housing inequality

13 May, 2026 - Labor promised to deliver a budget that would tackle intergenerational housing inequity but failed to deliver. The Greens say Labor’s budget b...

Labor’s budget backs corporate profits & the 1% over people

12 May, 2026 - In their first budget of the term, Labor has chosen corporate profits over people, by delivering real cuts to services while allowing corporate p...

Labor’s fuel crisis budget will pick a side: ordinary people or corporate profits

7 May, 2026 - As the illegal war in the Middle East fuels inflation and economic inequality, Labor's budget must choose a side: deliver for people, or deliver f...

Big 4 banks are raking in billions off home loans

5 May, 2026 - The big four banks - CBA, NAB, Westpac and ANZ - made a profit of $16.9 billion from owner-occupier home loans in 2025, new data by the ...

Rate rise pain won’t be felt by the top 1%

5 May, 2026 - Today’s interest rate rise will further entrench economic inequality and deliver more money into the pockets of the 1 per cent at the expense of r...

Response to CSIRO funding ‘pathetic’: Greens

28 April, 2026 - A Senate inquiry into the job and program cuts at the CSIRO has today released its final report, exposing a deliberate shift away from public g...

PM must coordinate a rent freeze at National Cabinet: Greens

23 April, 2026 - The Australian Greens are calling for the National Cabinet to implement a nationwide rent freeze and a moratorium on evictions for the duration...

Who Gets a Home? Inside the Greens’ Housing Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequality

23 April, 2026 - Who Gets a Home? Inside the Greens’ Housing Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequality By Senator Barbara Pocock We are in an inte...

House prices rise as unfair tax breaks turbocharge crisis

1 April, 2026 - House prices have risen yet again - by 2.1 per cent for the first quarter of the year and by 0.7 per cent in the month of March - according to&n...