David Willmer Pocock (born 23 April 1988) is an Australian politician and former professional rugby union player. Raised in Gweru, Zimbabwe, Pocock moved to Australia as a teenager and played for the Australia national rugby team. He played primarily at openside flanker, and was vice captain of the Brumbies in Super Rugby. After his retirement ...

Elected to the Senate for the Australian Capital Territory, 2022. Independent. Served: 21.05.2022 to present. Independent Whip from 26.7.2022. MSustAg (Charles Sturt University). Professional athlete from December 2005 to March 2020. Project Director from July 2020 to December 2021. Awarded Young West Australian of the Year, 2012.

ACT Independent Senator David Pocock has agreed a wide-ranging deal with the government to ensure passage of key cost-of-living legislation and a number of additional commitments. Electoral reform is well overdue but any changes must be fair and subject to proper parliamentary process and scrutiny Independent ACT Senator David Pocock argues.

There are a few feathers in David Pocock’s hat. Former professional rugby player and captain. Immigrant and deeply proud Australian. Passionate advocate and conservationist. And organisation founder. David grew up on a farm outside of Gweru, Zimbabwe and began playing rugby at school at the age of 8.

2024年4月16日 · Since his elevation to the Senate in May 2022, David Pocock is on a mission to hold Canberra to account. Now, he has the Department of Defence in his sights.

2022年6月14日 · Former rugby union star David Pocock has made history, becoming the first independent senator for a territory. This morning, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) confirmed he had unseated former ACT Liberal senator Zed Seselja, taking the territory's second Senate seat alongside Labor's Katy Gallagher.

With just 24 hours to go, the referendum on 14 October will be a defining moment for our country.

On a crisp Friday morning by the banks of the Cotter river in January 2024, Siwan sat down with Senator David Pocock, the ACT’s first independent senator and environmental advocate, to discuss what drives him and what he cares about; his journey towards and inside the world of politics and government; his life growing up in Zimbabwe and ...

2022年9月12日 · Once one of the greats of rugby union, David Pocock is now striding a different playing field. The former captain of the Wallabies suddenly finds himself a powerbroker in the 47th parliament.

2022年9月19日 · It’s been four months since the now-Senator Pocock – former Wallabies captain, environmentalist, feminist, activist, outspoken marriage equality advocate – booted out Zdenko “Zed” Seselja from...