The Latest Breaking News from David Pocock

Reckoning beckons as athlete voices grow louder over sportswashing sponsors

It may prove to be a blip from business as usual but recent resistance in Australian sport has been encouraging

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2022

Sponsorships questioned by leading Australian athletes

Athletes in two of Australia’s most popular sports — cricket and netball — are criticizing millions of dollars in sponsorship deals between their federations and mining and energy companies

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Man dies in Victorian town of Rochester and Shepparton told to evacuate – as it happened

More than 500 Victorian homes damaged and 500 others cut off in flooding. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Oct 15, 2022

Controversial cashless welfare card dumped

People in some remote communities will be able to transition off the cashless welfare card from next week after the government's repeal bill passed parliament.

AAP · Sep 27, 2022

Territories' rights vote by end of year

A vote on a bill to remove the ban on territories from legislating for voluntary euthanasia is expected by the end of the year, the Senate has heard.

AAP · Sep 27, 2022

Budget relief for 'humiliated' recipients

The welfare lobby and independent Senator David Pocock have called on the federal government to include budget relief for Australia's most vulnerable.

AAP · Sep 27, 2022

Pocock laments lost Senate sitting day

Independent senator David Pocock has called on the government to find extra sitting days to ensure important legislation can be passed.

AAP · Sep 23, 2022

Peter Dutton confirms Coalition in talks to pass Labor’s anti-corruption commission bill

Opposition leader warns against powers so extensive they result in ‘show trials’ as ‘good faith’ talks on bill continue

The Guardian - AU · Sep 23, 2022

Crossbench concerns over narrow scope of national anti-corruption body

Federal parliament will resume next week and the government will use the sitting period to introduce the long-promised integrity commission legislation.

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022

Labor faces electric vehicle roadblock over inclusion of hybrid cars

Greens and David Pocock say government bill amounts to a fossil fuel subsidy and will slow uptake of zero emission vehicles

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2022