ACT Senator David Pocock, whose Duty of Care bill has stalled in the Senate, said the ball had now been passed to minor parties and independents to push for greater action on climate action. A new campaign by FrontRunners, the climate-action organisation established by Pocock and his wife Emma, has attracted the support of more than 100 athletes, including Pearce, AFLW stars Emma Kearney and Nicola Barr, Olympic boxer Harry Garside and Australian men’s cricket Test captain Pat Cummins. FrontRunners is pushing elite and community-level athletes to support the bill, which would commit governments to consider the health and welfare of future generations in making climate-related decisions. The bill is currently stalled in the Senate, having been opposed by the government and opposition. Pocock told this masthead that, if re-elected at the next election, he would seek to bring his bill forward for a vote in what he hopes will be a more sympathetic Senate.