RUGBY MATTERS
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BRENDAN GALLAGHER

It will come as no surprise to hear that the recently retired David Pocock has lost no time getting involved in Australian politics and after a quick fire campaign was duly elected to Parliament earlier this week as one of ACT’s two senators.
Pocock, born and bred in Zimbabwe until his family fled the worst excesses of Robert Mugabe when he was 14, is a thoroughly rounded and modern-day individual into all things green and eco, a climate change activist, a campaigner against homophobia, a supporter of same...