Senator David Pocock

Senator David Pocock

Senator for ACT

Positions
Independent ACT Whip
Party
Independent
Chamber
Senate

Seating Plan

Seating map

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

Shop 1, 25 Ernest Cavanagh Street
Gungahlin, ACT, 2912

Postal address

PO Box 705
Gungahlin, ACT, 2912

Telephone:
(02) 6247 6444

Parliament Office

PO Box 6100
Senate
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:
(02) 6277 3117

Biography

Parliamentary service
  • Elected to the Senate for the Australian Capital Territory, 2022.
Committee service
  • Joint Standing: National Capital and External Territories served from 8.9.2022 to present
  • Senate Select: Adopting Artificial Intelligence served from 27.3.2024 to present; Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia served from 16.9.2024 to present
  • Senate Standing: Selection of Bills served from 26.7.2022 to present; Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation served from 27.7.2022 to present
Parliamentary party positions
  • Independent. Served: 21.05.2022 to present
  • Independent Whip from 26.7.2022.
Personal
  • Born: 23.4.1988, Messina, South Africa
  • Gender: Male
  • Marital Status: Married
Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
  • MSustAg (Charles Sturt University).
  • Professional athlete from December 2005 to March 2020.
  • Project Director from July 2020 to December 2021.
Honours
  • Awarded Young West Australian of the Year, 2012.
Publications
  • In Our Nature, 2018.

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