David Pocock's whole new ballgame from Wallabies to politics | Australian Story

Once one of the greats of rugby union, David Pocock is now striding a very different playing field. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5

The former captain of the Wallabies has become a powerbroker in the Senate and is seen to hold the key for the Albanese Government to pass its legislative agenda.

Having first profiled Pocock in 2015, Australian Story goes behind the scenes again as Pocock tackles his first few months as the new independent senator for the ACT.

Everyone wants a piece of him and we see Pocock flexing a different kind of muscle to secure the amendments he seeks to the government’s historic Climate Change Bill.

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