Barbara Pocock

Latest speeches

1. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 10 September 2026

   • Adjournment and two‑minute statements: ADF program, gas tax, health rebates and other issues

     “Thank you, Acting Deputy President. Well, in South Australia, over the past four years, we have seen unprecedented attacks on our precious Adelaide Park Lands, a South Australian icon that makes our city so unique, so special. And 2027 is…”

     Watch from 4:57:42

2. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • First speech – New Tasmanian Greens senator on forests, housing and violence

     “People across the country here, in across our country, are being hit with massive rent increases. 23% increase in the last five years, a five years which has seen a fall in real wages every year, a fall of 5%…”

     Watch from 3:35:40

3. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 8 September 2026

   • Greens response: Barbara Pocock on housing crisis

     “We need rent caps, stronger, consistent rental protections across the country. And we say to the minister who will keep appearing here before the Senate, give us the information we seek, most importantly, give us the solutions we need.”

     Watch from 27:21

4. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 7 September 2026

   • Leave and condolence statements: Nepal and Tibet flooding

     “Thank you, Acting Deputy President. So I rise again today, like so many others in this place, with a very heavy heart. And I express my grief and my sadness at the news of the devastating mass floods that we…”

     Watch from 1:05:44

   • One Nation and Greens contrasting positions: Super relief proposal and consulting reform

     “Oh, sorry, thank you, I didn't hear. Thank you, Acting Deputy President. I rise to speak to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Accountability for Tax Practitioner Misconduct and Other Measures) Bill 2023. I'll be speaking in particular to Schedule 1,…”

     Watch from 2:22:05

5. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 20 August 2026

   • Greens’ bill: Pocock: gender, inequality and early compounding

     “As a result, hundreds of thousands of young people are working, earning, and contributing to the economy without receiving the superannuation that they should be legally entitled to. Maintaining carve-outs of this kind undermines the integrity and the fairness of…”

     Watch from 15:40

   • Greens’ bill: Pocock: inquiry evidence and big business practices

     “Tell us how you are treating your under-18 workforce and whether you are paying them super. The committee received 37 responses, which are summarised in the chair's report, and it makes interesting reading. Take the supermarket duopoly, for example. Coles,…”

     Watch from 20:14

   • Greens’ bill: Pocock: party positions, previous attempts and call to Labor

     “Well, Australian workers don't want another round table. They don't want a consultation paper. They don't want, they don't need that to decide what's fair in their workplaces. They've been waiting for decades. We have the evidence. Enough delay. It's…”

     Watch from 23:45

6. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 19 August 2026

   • Housing affordability and rent caps: Greens vs Labor

     “My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Housing, Senator Ayres. This morning, at the ACTU's launch of its housing crisis plan, I heard from Lou, a nurse of 52 years, now 69, who walked away from her…”

     Watch from 30:25

   • Housing affordability and rent caps: Greens vs Labor

     “Thank you President. I think Minister they are lines that will be of no comfort whatsoever to Lou and the one-third of Australians who are out there today listening to the real estate gals calling for increases in rents up…”

     Watch from 34:13

   • Housing affordability and rent caps: Greens vs Labor

     “Minister, we know rent caps work. Look at the ACT. Rent caps there have kept rents down. Minister, why won't your government work with the states to do anything to help renters facing unlimited rent increases when we have a…”

     Watch from 35:57
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