‘Sometimes you just don’t want to talk’: Pocock arrives in the Senate | LisaVisentin
There was scarcely a spare seat in the Senate’s public gallery last week as rugby union legend David Pocock rose to make his first speech to the chamber.ACT Senator David Pocock gives his first speech in the Senate.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sat alone at the chamber’s edge to listen as Pocock eschewed the “kingmaker” title bestowed upon him by some commentators and laid out his ambition for the 47th parliament as ACT’s first ever independent senator.
Pocock mightn’t like the kingmaker terminology but, against all odds, the federal election minted the former Wallabies captain and climate change warrior as a cornerstone in the Senate’s balance of power.Almost as soon as his victory became apparent, Pocock began to shape the debate on climate. He was the first of the crossbenchers, saying while he wanted a more ambitious goal, the “community wants to see us banking some gains”.
The move is a postscript to his first speech; he won’t stand in the way, but neither will he be a rubber stamp. “I told him ‘I admire you, but there’s no way you’ll win’,” she said, relaying a chat she had with Pocock after he announced his campaign. “We’re all still laughing about it.” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaking to independent ACT Senator David Pocock ahead of last week’s parliamentary State of Origin touch rugby game.“I had a bunch of people in Canberra last year hassling me, saying a lot of people might not think this, but we really do: there is a pathway for an independent senator if we can get the right candidate,” Pocock says.
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