Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Australia has a shameful legacy of intergenerational dispossession & dislocation of First Nations peoples from their homes & communities. Current forced relocation policies are a continuation of that legacy. Labor must support vital Aboriginal-controlled services like YiSSA. 1134
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This vital Aboriginal-controlled accommodation supports patients undergoing dialysis at the local hospital, DV victim-survivors and people at risk of homelessness. The Commonwealth has a responsibility to intervene to prevent this community being forcibly displaced. 151
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026October 11th - NT govt plans to displace ~150 people 100km out from Darwin – risking access to jobs, family, health & community services. Labor must urgently fund Darwin’s Yilli Short Stay Accomm to prevent its closure, as I've written in a letter to relevant govt ministers. 22413
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Greens want a 15% reduction in spending on consultants every year over 5 years. We’ve been calling for this since the 2023 PwC scandal. The Government still refuses to listen. Labor must break up & regulate the Big 4 & increase penalties for bad behaviour & ethical failures. 37433
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The ANAO’s audit reveals loopholes in the govt’s framework to curb outsourcing core work. Even when targets were in place & apparently ‘met’, government spending still increased. Without controls, it’s tokenism. We need real measures to cut government reliance on outsourcing. 24614
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Labor's spend on KPMG has nearly doubled from $32 mil in 2024-25 to $59 mil in 2025-26. Labor has been watching a repeat of scandals & still hasn’t delivered meaningful reform. The temporary month-to-month freeze on KPMG is nothing but a pathetic, tokenistic punishment. 720781
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Stop the chop! Once destroyed, our Parklands will be changed forever and so will our heritage values. 49646
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our large banks are amongst the most profitable in the world & they've been making money from the financial stress of Australians for too long. It’s time the banks shouldered a fairer share of the costs facing younger generations entering home ownership. 15510
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Labor’s 5% deposit scheme conned 1st homebuyers into massive debt & many risk owing the bank. The Greens want big banks to be required to offer low-interest mortgages for 1st homebuyer owner-occupiers so more early repayments go to paying off the loan, not to bank profits. 69326
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Government says it wants to rebuild the public sector yet it is slashing jobs while paying a handful of public servants millions and outsourcing work to big consultancy firms. That’s not how you rebuild the public service. The government is burning up its APS targets. 15210
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A dozen federal public servants are earning over $1 million a year at the Future Fund Management Agency. We’re not talking about Secretaries who run big government departments but employees. How can the government justify this? What kind of APS work warrants $1 or $1.5 mil? 914760
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The federal government must take responsibility & ensure a roof over everyone's head. Six months of research has resulted in a comprehensive report detailing our way out of this crisis. Public housing, national rent caps & affordable mortgages are a fantastic place to start. 1398
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Housing in Australia has become a vehicle for private wealth accumulation & a primary driver of widening intergenerational wealth inequality. Meanwhile the banks, real estate industry, big developers & investors are winning from the housing crisis. The system needs to change. 1429
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Greens-led senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity spent 6 months hearing evidence on Australia's housing crisis. Final report, published today, shows dire need for the government to stop shirking responsibility & act. Public housing, rent caps & affordable mortgages. 710844
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026RBA news awful for the millions in mortgage stress. It's punishment for homeowners & profit for the banks already making $$$ on home loans. Tax the 1%, not hard working people. Rates hikes won’t fix the housing crisis but a government that treats housing as a human right will. 513148
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We have a system that tackles inflation by suppressing the household income of workers while protecting housing wealth & corporate profits. Until the concentration of wealth in the country is confronted, working people will keep paying the price. 1524297
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The federal government has to stop running scared and get back into the business of building homes directly. Public housing is a long term solution to the housing affordability crisis. People deserve to be able to build a life in secure housing. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auCommunity housing tenants more likely to face eviction threat than those in public housingNew data obtained by the ABC shows social housing tenants in community housing are more likely to face eviction than those who live in public housing. 48234
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Greens want a public housing developer to ensure people’s right to quality homes ahead of developer profits. The govt did it after WWII - they directly built 26% of all homes nationally. A public developer would deliver homes for communities. Homes before profits! 810736
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Private developers are only interested in profit: they cut corners & leave homeowners to foot the bill for poor quality homes. The majors have pushed us into this housing crisis by giving billions of public money to developers, investors & banks as house prices & rents rise. 17522
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bathla’s collapse is why Australia needs a public developer - not private developers profiteering off a housing crisis. Bathla owes over $3.4 billion to creditors, subcontractors & suppliers, with 14,000 homes in the pipeline. Hundreds of jobs lost. People’s entire savings are on the line. 615464
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Billionaires like Sanjeev Gupta promised the world but failed Whyalla. A government equity investment would ensure direct protection for workers. There should be no more blank cheques for billionaire corporations who fail to deliver for the economy, community or environment. 3417
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's a sad day for Whyalla workers with news 600 jobs will be cut. My heart goes out to workers & their families. After years of uncertainty & millions of dollars of public spending it's a tragedy. Workers must receive their entitlements & have enterprise agreements honoured. 2409
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026KPMG has admitted to multiple ethical failures at its most senior levels. Labor must review all current contracts, ban KPMG from future contracts until they've been properly investigated, break up & regulate the Big 4 & increase penalties for bad behaviour & ethical failures. 24915
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Labor needs to stop feeding the beast & get on with reforming a rogue sector. These firms play by their own rules, where ethics fall away at the prospect of money & the government does nothing about it. It’s time to end the gravy train and properly regulate the Big Four. 24613
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Why is Defence spending hundreds of millions on a multinational firm that's admitted to sharing confidential information? KPMG can't be trusted with any govt work, let alone matters relating to national security. 14416
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026KPMG holds $437 mil worth of active contracts with Labor - including 28 Defence contracts worth $303.8 mil - despite the fallout over KPMG’s integrity, ethics & leadership failures. Despite all the lessons of the Big 4 scandals Labor’s response has been woefully inadequate. 914376
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Estimates is an exercise in accountability. Australians have a right to know how public money is being spent. Dr Johnson was questioned over major budget blowouts, project delays & contracting practices in the BoM, and when he didn't come prepared to Estimates, was scrutinised. 815866
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Selling government secrets isn't a business model. We've seen enough. The TPB needs teeth to crack down on tax advisor misconduct. 15726
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Tax changes alone were never going to cut it. Labor needs to take on corporate greed in the housing market by taxing big corporations, build more public homes like Australia used to, and end grandfathering for wealthy property investors. 1243
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The housing system we have, created by successive Labor and coalition governments, was deliberately designed to benefit corporate greed, the banks, property developers and investors, not ordinary people simply trying to get by. 1243
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026At the same time, rent is outpacing wage growth, with many more people renting today than 30 years ago because it takes much longer to save for a deposit. 181
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Final hearing of the housing inquiry & the results are in - the big 4 banks are big winners in the housing crisis while renters & 1st home buyers lose out. The big 4 made over $30bn in net profit in the last financial year, from mortgages, while many struggle to make repayments. 25526
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Final hearing of the Greens-led Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity today, where I will question, amongst others, the big four banks and the massive profits they are making off the housing crisis. 📺Stream live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFaG...youtube.comSenate Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity | 03/09/2026YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal 33514
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Australia’s ‘big 4’ consulting firms are out of control. How many more scandals & breaches of confidentiality need to occur before the government bans KPMG from government work? We must break up & regulate the Big 4 & increase penalties for dishonest behaviour & ethical failures. 411151
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Just because big tech companies want to move at hyperspeed, doesn’t mean we need to fast track & roll out the red carpet for them. We need to consider very carefully the impact on workers, as well as the mega extraction of our intelligence, knowledge, culture, water and energy. 1419564
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The next federal election is a long way off and I still have plenty of work to do on housing, securing super for under 18-year-olds, holding KPMG to account and reforming the Big Four firms. I remain committed to continuing my work on climate and environmental justice. 2926248
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Greens have secured a second inquiry into Super for Under 18's. Why? Because every year, 530,000 teenage workers are denied $411 million in super just due to age. Labor voted against super for young workers but they can't hide from an inquiry. The Greens won't let this go. 111334
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Renters don't have a buffer: they are the buffer while landlords & investors are protected by property. In a nation-wide housing catastrophe we need an immediate rent freeze, long term rent caps & a massive long term boost in public housing, rented to people at affordable prices. 1386
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Unlimited rent increases are legal. This ‘forecast’ encourages rich property investors to raise the rents on their properties - despite retaining generous concessions. Without action, it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy if investors use tax changes to justify their greed. 1364
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Today, real estate agents are publicly encouraging rich property investors to raise rents by 30%, following a forecast from the big banks earlier this week. The Greens have called for an immediate rent freeze to stop renters from facing a 30% rent increase. 1313149
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Labor needs to end special treatment on board rules & regulation, tax, public reporting, professional liability & whistleblower protections. Review all KPMG contracts & ban them from govt work. Break up & regulate Big 4, increase penalties for bad behaviour & ethical failures. 2479
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Today’s hearing into KPMG leadership revealed more evidence of a toxic culture of cover-ups, NDAs, payments for whistleblowers’ silence & weak accountability for wrongdoing. It's reinforced the need for an overhaul of the Big 4’s governance, regulation, surveillance & penalties. 26716
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026KPMG leaders are gold class exemplars of greed trumping ethics at every turn. They have taken advantage of yawning regulatory gaps and revealed broken ‘self-government’ amongst the Big 4. 912133
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026As we celebrate David McBride's freedom, don't forget Labor could have freed him since they were elected, but refused to act. David has paid a terrible price for sharing the truth, a price no whistleblower should ever pay again. Congratulations David, we all celebrate with you. 615739
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Labor's plans to fix the housing crisis aren't touching the sides. In a nation-wide housing catastrophe, we need rent caps and a massive long term boost in public investment in good quality homes, renting them to people at prices they can actually afford. 23110
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026In Perth today for the 7th Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity. Heard overwhelming evidence of a housing catastrophe with house prices & rents rising multiple times faster than wages or inflation. 34715
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026House prices have been growing three times faster than wages since 1999. If first home buyers are going to get a chance, we need a temporary drop in house prices. We need a public developer to build and sell homes people can actually afford. www.afr.com/property/res...afr.comTop-end property prices hit hardest as housing slump deepensSydney led a national housing market downturn, tumbling 1.4 per cent in July alone as premium properties took the brunt of the fall with a 1.8 per cent decline. 86625
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026📺WATCH 📺 PERTH - Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity will hold its 7th public hearing today. You can watch the livestream here: youtube.com/watch?v=B436... 11am AEST & 9am AWSTyoutube.comSenate Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity | Perth, WA | 05/08/2026YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal 084
Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Real wages are down 5% since Labor elected. That is a massive fall. Inflation today at 3.8% as the cost of living - rent, food, fuel, power - eats into household incomes. A true disaster for those trying to live on Jobseeker. No wonder people are cynical about the Govt. 79229