Barbara Pocock
@BarbaraPocock • 13,680 subscribers
writer, mother, painter, gardener, professor, economist, SA Greens Senator. Spokes for Housing, Workplace Relations, Employment, Finance & Public Sector.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog isn’t welcome in Australia. The Greens stand with those peacefully protesting as we demand sanctions on Israel & an end to the two way arms trade. We join our voices with the millions who call for an end to genocide and justice for Palestine 🇵🇸
Barbara Pocock48,410 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
Australia is not like America. We won't tolerate the oligarchy of billionaires running our government, paying no tax and laughing all the way to the bank. Dutton mimics all of Trumps policies including to sack public servants and give the work to consultants at 3 times the cost.
Barbara Pocock108,588 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Today, after 14 months of hearings including more than 60 submissions and 10 days of taking evidence from a wide range of stakeholders, the Senate inquiry into consultants will bring down its Final Report including recommendations on how to fix this broken system.
Barbara Pocock128,814 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
Billionaires are making $67,000 an hour while millions struggle to get by - it's time they paid their fair share! By taxing Australia's 150 billionaires we would raise $50 bn over 10 yrs - enough $ to put dental & mental into Medicare, free GP & 50c public transport. #auspol
Barbara Pocock83,193 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
How do we Dutton-proof the public sector? The Coalition will cut 40,000 jobs from the APS and bring the Big 4 Consultants back to the trough. Diminished services at three-times the cost. Labor needs to do more to ensure there is no return to these wasteful practices.
Barbara Pocock45,958 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
SA Libs want to amend state abortion law forcing those seeking a late abortion, which is rare & carefully managed, to have their pregnancy induced. That means a forced birth & a hard abortion ban past 28 wks. Abortion is a health issue. Keep your culture wars off our bodies.
Barbara Pocock51,211 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Consultancy firm charging $440k for an AI generated report with huge errors? Ethical, apparently.
Barbara Pocock25,555 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten
When I asked why nearly 2000 Big 4 consultants are wandering around Defence Dept with a Pass, all they could say was "most them work here almost full time". Why aren't we paying public servants to do this work? At least we could trust them not to be stitching up another contract!
Barbara Pocock51,727 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
Dutton's claims that he won't cut frontline public services fall pretty flat while he is still intent on slashing tens of thousands of bureaucrats - where does he think those jobs come from? Cutting the public service just means handing our money to consultants & big business.
Barbara Pocock37,380 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Nuclear headlines in the Murdoch press - better get used to it!
Barbara Pocock38,927 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
As the PwC tax leaks scandal was unfolding the ATO halved a $1.4 million dollar fine for PwC because they were worried about being taken to court by the giant consulting firm. The Big 4 are holding our public offices to ransom, using their deep pockets to get their way.
Barbara Pocock53,340 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
When did it become radical to put a roof over people's heads? At some point Labor has to realise that Australians expect them to sit down at the table & actually negotiate in good faith to create better outcomes for renters, who are on the brink & crying out for help. #housing
Barbara Pocock39,010 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr