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Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia

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...

FWC scraps junior rates for 18-20 year olds

31 March, 2026 - The Fair Work Commission’s decision today to scrap unfair junior rates for young adults aged 18-20 is a big win for our workers. The Greens ...

Labor must deliver wage justice for essential workers

25 March, 2026 - Across the country, essential workers are taking industrial action fed up with job insecurity and threats of job cuts from AI and inadequate wa...

Accenture returns to BoM’s deep pockets

24 March, 2026 - The BoM has awarded yet another contract to Accenture, the company responsible for its $96 million website fiasco. Accenture won the new&nbs...

Inquiry into CSIRO funding cuts reveals grim future for Australia

13 March, 2026 - A Senate inquiry hearing into the job and program cuts at the CSIRO, Australia’s leading scientific research agency, has revealed low morale fo...

Labor wasted billions on property tax breaks

13 March, 2026 - Labor has wasted $53 billion on tax concessions for wealthy property investors since it came to power in 2022, according to new data compiled b...

APRA must level playing field on housing

2 March, 2026 - New Cotality data shows that annual credit growth for investor home lending is tracking at the fastest rate since 2015, which should raise alarm...