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Senator Barbara Pocock
- Australian Greens Senator for SA
- Became a Senator on 21 May 2022 — Federal election
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Most recent appearances in parliament
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: PricewaterhouseCoopers (4 Sep 2025)
“I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher) to questions without notice I asked today relating to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Well, what a disappointment, what a disgrace, what a bunch of sideways answers—and I can't really call them answers, but responses that failed to address my questions. This government has said it would bring...”
- Questions without Notice: PricewaterhouseCoopers (4 Sep 2025)
“Labor went to the election promising to cut government consultancy spending. Since then, you have been boasting about savings on consulting contracts. Yet the government's very own data shows that in 2024-25 Labor in fact spent more than the last year of the Morrison government on consultants. Labor's excessive outsourcing of public sector work to the private sector isn't just wasting...”
- Questions without Notice: PricewaterhouseCoopers (4 Sep 2025)
“I don't hear an answer to my question in relation to PwC from your point of view as a minister. Under current laws, unlike 20 other countries around the world that actually do regulate these issues, the government can't ban a delinquent, unethical firm like PwC. Incredibly, at present, it relies on the wrongdoer to agree to ban itself from government contracts. That's like asking a criminal...”
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
- People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 98 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)
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Barbara Pocock's latest interest statement
Last updated: 4 May 2023
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