David Pocock

IND Federal

AI Summary

• Dr Liz Allen testified to the Senate Inquiry about severe bullying by the ANU Chancellor, which led to her contemplating suicide and experiencing a miscarriage.
• Senator David Pocock has called for the Chancellor to step aside pending an independent investigation and urged a pause on further changes and redundancies at ANU.
• The Inquiry highlighted a lack of governance at ANU, with proposals for reforming the ANU Act and evidence of financial stability despite recent pressures.

AI Summary

• Cleanbill's report reveals that the ACT will see only one additional bulk billing practice by November 2025, contradicting the Albanese Government's initial claims.
• Senator David Pocock calls for the ACT to be reclassified as a regional area to access higher rebates and improve bulk billing rates, which are the lowest in Australia.
• The report supports Pocock's assertion that current government incentives are insufficient, as bulk billing rates for under 16s remain the lowest in the country at 66%.

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• Senators discussed the increasing rates of homelessness across Australia.
• Calls for immediate government action to address the crisis were made.
• The need for long-term strategies to prevent homelessness was emphasised.

AI Summary

• Discussion on the ongoing issue of Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia.
• Calls for government action to address systemic inequalities and improve the justice system.
• Emphasis on the need for transparency and accountability in police practices.

We should know the full picture of climate risks before the Govt sets a 2035 emissions reduction target. Floods, fires, heatwaves - the costs are huge. Govt needs to release the National Climate Risk Assessment. Show us the truth. The Government is also refusing to release a declassified version of the Office of National Intelligence's report into the national security risks of climate change. I have been briefed on it and can see why they don't want Australians to know the truth - it would make weak targets totally unacceptable.

"A young man dressed in a suit told me that he had been at an ex-school friend's funeral that day. His friend took his life after losing all his savings in sports betting." Very troubling read from Tim Costello today. The Govt hasn’t even responded to the Murphy Review 🤯😤

Wiping 20% of student debt is welcome but it treats the symptom not the cause and won’t help people who are studying today and racking up eye watering levels of student debt. The failed Job Ready Graduates program needs to go and we have to change the date of indexation so people aren’t being charged interest on $ they’ve already repaid. Over the next 4 years Australians will be charged $700 million in indexation on HECS they’ve already paid back to the ATO. https://lnkd.in/gj5vJ_7y

In FY24 the Australian Government spent close to $100 billion procuring goods and services. This is a huge opportunity to use public money to support local small and medium enterprises. But despite welcome changes to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) that I pushed for in the last parliament, smaller companies tell me it's still too costly and too hard and they continue to miss out. There is a huge productivity and sovereign capability opportunity here for us to grasp. This week I ...