Opinion

David Pocock has a challenging balancing act ahead of him in the Senate

Michelle Grattan
July 2 2022 - 5:30am
David Pocock needs to remember he's sitting in a traditionally Liberal seat. Picture: James Croucher
David Pocock needs to remember he's sitting in a traditionally Liberal seat. Picture: James Croucher

David Pocock, the progressive independent who broke the Liberals' stranglehold on one of the two ACT Senate seats, wouldn't have expected to find himself allied with Pauline Hanson before even being sworn in.

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Michelle Grattan

Michelle Grattan is a press gallery journalist and former editor of The Canberra Times. She is a professorial fellow at the University of Canberra and writes for The Conversation, where her columns also appear.

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