• Independent Senator for ACT
• Became a Senator on 21 May 2022 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Aged Care (14 May 2026)

“I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Senator McAllister) to a question without notice I asked today relating to aged-care services. This government gets very sensitive when the crossbench and others talk about how secretive it is. When you look at the raw numbers on OPDs and on compliance with FOIs, it's a...”

Questions without Notice: Aged Care (14 May 2026)

“Minister, on Tuesday during budget lock-up, the government released two weeks late their report into wait times. We now know there is a triage list which is a waitlist to get onto the waitlist, to then get onto the waitlist for a Support at Home package. Given we've got so many Australians waiting, why weren't there more Support at Home packages funded in the budget?”

Questions without Notice: Aged Care (14 May 2026)

“Thank you, Minister, for that. I am a little bit surprised that you've only got figures from December. I would have thought you'd at least have the first quarter's figures. Given that there are more than 200,000 older Australians waiting for care at home, can you advise how many new Support at Home packages were funded in the budget?”

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• Has spoken in 157 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
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David Pocock's latest interest statementLast updated: 23 Jan 2026