Barbara Pocock
@barbarapocock.bsky.social
Writer, mother, painter, unionist, professor, economist, Greens Senator for SA. Spokesperson for Housing, Workplace Relations, Employment, Finance, Public Sector.
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I would be very worried if I was leading an organisation with 25 per cent staff turnover, like the HAFF.
I would be very worried if I was leading an organisation with 25 per cent staff turnover, like the HAFF.
Housing Australia buys a third of homes ‘off shelf’ from developers
The embattled government agency is being criticised over its purchase of thousands of ready-made dwellings, rather than commissioning new construction.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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I would be very worried if I was leading an organisation with 25 per cent staff turnover, like the HAFF.
I would be very worried if I was leading an organisation with 25 per cent staff turnover, like the HAFF.
Why have the major parties teamed up to delay the right to work from home? Why stand in the way of modest, sensible reform that makes sense for modern day workers? The right to WFH for up to 2 days a week is essential for so many juggling work and caring responsibilities.
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Why have the major parties teamed up to delay the right to work from home? Why stand in the way of modest, sensible reform that makes sense for modern day workers? The right to WFH for up to 2 days a week is essential for so many juggling work and caring responsibilities.
The Greens want to restore super to its original purpose of providing a dignified retirement for working Australians.
The Liberal's split super bill won’t do that.
The Liberal's split super bill won’t do that.
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The Greens want to restore super to its original purpose of providing a dignified retirement for working Australians.
The Liberal's split super bill won’t do that.
The Liberal's split super bill won’t do that.
⚡️BREAKING💥We Greens have just secured a Senate Select Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequity which I will be delighted to Chair. Starts March 17 2026, reports September 30th 2026. 🏠
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
⚡️BREAKING💥We Greens have just secured a Senate Select Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequity which I will be delighted to Chair. Starts March 17 2026, reports September 30th 2026. 🏠
The Greens have just secured a Senate inquiry into the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, exposing one of the most regressive tax breaks in Australia’s system which is inflating house prices by incentivising speculative investment in property!
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Greens have just secured a Senate inquiry into the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, exposing one of the most regressive tax breaks in Australia’s system which is inflating house prices by incentivising speculative investment in property!
🚨BREAKING🚨
Labor has just voted AGAINST granting super to workers under 18.
The Greens amendment would have seen all workers under 18 have the right to superannuation contributions, regardless of how many hours they worked.
Labor has just voted AGAINST granting super to workers under 18.
The Greens amendment would have seen all workers under 18 have the right to superannuation contributions, regardless of how many hours they worked.
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
🚨BREAKING🚨
Labor has just voted AGAINST granting super to workers under 18.
The Greens amendment would have seen all workers under 18 have the right to superannuation contributions, regardless of how many hours they worked.
Labor has just voted AGAINST granting super to workers under 18.
The Greens amendment would have seen all workers under 18 have the right to superannuation contributions, regardless of how many hours they worked.
The Greens have a plan to extend the superannuation guarantee to all under 18's ensuring they are paid super contributions regardless of how many hours they work, because every worker deserves super on every dollar earned.
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Greens have a plan to extend the superannuation guarantee to all under 18's ensuring they are paid super contributions regardless of how many hours they work, because every worker deserves super on every dollar earned.
Every worker deserves super. Under 18's pay taxes and contribute to our economy, why shouldn't they be paid super?
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Every worker deserves super. Under 18's pay taxes and contribute to our economy, why shouldn't they be paid super?
Labor’s policies are making the housing crisis worse: the fastest pace in over two years as national dwelling values surged 1.1% in October. The strongest monthly gain since June 2023 and pushing the annual growth rate to 6.1%.
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Housing values rising at fastest pace in more than 2 years
Australia's home value growth hits the fastest pace in over two years as national dwelling values surged 1.1% in October | Cotality
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November 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Labor’s policies are making the housing crisis worse: the fastest pace in over two years as national dwelling values surged 1.1% in October. The strongest monthly gain since June 2023 and pushing the annual growth rate to 6.1%.
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Find a way to watch the brilliant SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream? On Binge. Mark Humphries and Bill Code (Director) give us a funny, sad, powerful argument for housing reform in Australia. Love the Tshirt. Love the doco more. Don’t miss!!! @humphriesmark @bill_code
November 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Find a way to watch the brilliant SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream? On Binge. Mark Humphries and Bill Code (Director) give us a funny, sad, powerful argument for housing reform in Australia. Love the Tshirt. Love the doco more. Don’t miss!!! @humphriesmark @bill_code
Anything amiss with our $181 bn incentives for wealthy property investors? Any contribution to overheated housing demand? Any role in driving fastest house price rises in 4 years of vertical house price increases? Asking for an anxious FHBuyer.
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Anything amiss with our $181 bn incentives for wealthy property investors? Any contribution to overheated housing demand? Any role in driving fastest house price rises in 4 years of vertical house price increases? Asking for an anxious FHBuyer.
I welcome the ANAO’s audit of the Albanese Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) which has failed to deliver the social and affordable houses that Labor promised Australians.
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I welcome the ANAO’s audit of the Albanese Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) which has failed to deliver the social and affordable houses that Labor promised Australians.
Australia’s housing policy can be better — because it has been better
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Australia’s housing policy can be better — because it has been better
I put forward a motion to parliament today calling on the Senate to recognise Australia's housing crisis as a matter of public urgency.
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I put forward a motion to parliament today calling on the Senate to recognise Australia's housing crisis as a matter of public urgency.
Look away if you are trying to buy a home.
Fastest increases in 4 years. Labor’s tinkering is fuelling the 🔥
Fastest increases in 4 years. Labor’s tinkering is fuelling the 🔥
October 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Look away if you are trying to buy a home.
Fastest increases in 4 years. Labor’s tinkering is fuelling the 🔥
Fastest increases in 4 years. Labor’s tinkering is fuelling the 🔥
A Senatorial 🐀 up a drainpipe. More to come it seems….
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Robodole rapidly morphs from narrative to saga
From compassion to chaos, robodole’s fallout keeps spreading. The ombud is digging deeper, and Deloitte’s defence comes apart at the seams.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A Senatorial 🐀 up a drainpipe. More to come it seems….
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Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will push 🏠 prices up & make the housing crisis worse. Instead: build public & affordable housing, fix CGT & NG taxes & cap rents. There are solutions. www.deepcutnews.com/p/labors-5-d...
Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will only make the banks richer – and that’s the point
The government’s new housing policy will see banks pocket billions in extra interest and saddle a generation with more debt
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October 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will push 🏠 prices up & make the housing crisis worse. Instead: build public & affordable housing, fix CGT & NG taxes & cap rents. There are solutions. www.deepcutnews.com/p/labors-5-d...
Essential workers facing a dearth of affordable rentals. An inadequate national patchwork of renters rights. Solutions? Fix the tax system, build affordable & public 🏘️ 🏠
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Australia’s rental affordability 'myth' that doesn’t match reality
Workers in critical sectors are frequently locked out of affordable housing — and not just in capital cities, a new report says.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Essential workers facing a dearth of affordable rentals. An inadequate national patchwork of renters rights. Solutions? Fix the tax system, build affordable & public 🏘️ 🏠
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The government has opened the door to PwC once again; despite no evidence it has cleaned up its act. 🧵
October 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The government has opened the door to PwC once again; despite no evidence it has cleaned up its act. 🧵
Unless we have a properly built debarment regime we will be back here again. The Govt must have the power to impose appropriately apportioned bans (for up to 5 years) from Govt contracts for bad behaviour.
October 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Unless we have a properly built debarment regime we will be back here again. The Govt must have the power to impose appropriately apportioned bans (for up to 5 years) from Govt contracts for bad behaviour.
Huge rally for Free Palestine today - I think the biggest ever. South Australian’s want a just, lasting peace, Palestinian statehood and self-determination, hostages free, pursuit of war criminals and an end to any Australian public investment in armaments.
October 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Huge rally for Free Palestine today - I think the biggest ever. South Australian’s want a just, lasting peace, Palestinian statehood and self-determination, hostages free, pursuit of war criminals and an end to any Australian public investment in armaments.
And good to have you and yr banners on duty @irrefutablematt.bsky.social
Rally just finished up, good to see @barbarapocock.bsky.social there
October 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
And good to have you and yr banners on duty @irrefutablematt.bsky.social
A slap on the wrist behind closed doors undermines the case put forward by Finance that the culture of PwC is all cleaned up, which was their justification for allowing PwC back into the fold of government contracts. #auspol
October 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
A slap on the wrist behind closed doors undermines the case put forward by Finance that the culture of PwC is all cleaned up, which was their justification for allowing PwC back into the fold of government contracts. #auspol
Wonder how the intergenerational pay conversation in PwC is unfolding, with the AFR reporting that there are now more ex-partners on PwC’s retirement scheme than those currently working for PwC.
October 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Wonder how the intergenerational pay conversation in PwC is unfolding, with the AFR reporting that there are now more ex-partners on PwC’s retirement scheme than those currently working for PwC.