Senator David Pocock: The former rugby star who knows something about GPs and their importance

It turns out general practice runs in the family for the flanker turned politician.
Senator David Pocock. Photo: AAP.

Senator David Pocock has been in politics for just two years, yet is casually dropping references to the Modified Monash Model and Denmark’s health spending to GDP ratio.  

The former rugby union star beat Labor and the Coalition to take one of the ACT’s two federal Senate seats in 2022, with a platform focused on climate change, conservation and human rights.