• Independent Senator for ACT
• Became a Senator on 21 May 2022 — Federal election
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Statements by Senators: Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (5 Feb 2026)

“This year six women, including three First Nations women, have been murdered in intimate partner and family violence related homicides. We are less than five weeks into 2026, and already six women have been murdered by a man that was known to them. These deaths are not isolated incidents; they are a painful continuation of the ongoing crisis of men's violence against women and children in our...”

Bills: Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025; In Committee (5 Feb 2026)

“I have a question for the minister. Minister, in a democracy, what's the justification to exclude elected representatives from a committee, particularly in Australia, where we see one in three primary votes not going to the major parties? What's the justification for a government putting in legislation that we are excluding anyone who is part of this one-third of elected representatives that...”

Bills: Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025; Second Reading (5 Feb 2026)

“I rise to speak to this Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025. Decisions about defence are among the most consequential decisions this parliament makes. They go to the lives of Australian service men and women and to hundreds of billions of dollars of public money committed over generations. In a healthy democracy, decisions of that magnitude must never rest...”

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• Has spoken in 123 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
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David Pocock's latest interest statementLast updated: 23 Jan 2026