Barbara Pocock

Parliamentary service

First entered federal Parliament: 1 July 2022.

Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.

1. 1 July 2022 – CurrentSenate

   Elected to the Senate for South Australia, 2022.

Current responsibilities

Ministry and shadow ministry

No current ministry or shadow-ministry appointment is recorded in this Handbook snapshot.

Parliamentary and party offices

• Australian Greens Spokesperson for Housing and Homelessness, Finance, Workplace Relations, Jobs and Employment and Public Sector4 June 2025 – Current

These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.

Background before Parliament

Qualifications recorded by Parliament

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide
• Bachelor of Economics Honours First Class, University of Adelaide

Occupations recorded by Parliament

• University Teacher and Research Leader from 1989 to 2014.
• Research and Project Officer from 1983 to 1989.
• Equal Employment Opportunity Officer at Hunter Vale from 1981 to 1983.
• Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1979 to 1981.
• Farm Worker and Shearing Shed Rouseabout from 1973 to 1974.

Appointment history