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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Podcast pulls mask off Hanson’s billionaire-funded hatred

17 July, 2026 - Lines attributable to Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Acting Leader of the Australian Greens: “Pauline Hanson’s on a holiday with a billionaire, spou...

Labor using disabled kids and families to balance the budget

16 July, 2026 - Reporting today confirms that Labor’s NDIS cuts will be disastrous for disabled kids and autistic people, with almost 145,000 autistic people to...

Labor votes down Greens Bill that would halve the cost of an arts degree

1 July, 2026 - Labor, the Liberals, and One Nation have this morning voted against a Greens Bill that would have reversed the fee hikes of the disastrous job-re...

'Social cohesion' is a fantasy when the Government imposes hierarchies of racism

30 June, 2026 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, has responded to the Albanese Government’s laun...

Debt spiral on $50,000 arts degrees to get worse as indexation hits

1 June, 2026 - Student debt will increase by over $1 billion today, as students and graduates already struggling with skyrocketing uni fees and the cost of livi...

Flotilla participants welcomed home in Sydney after kidnapping, imprisonment and abuse by Israel

25 May, 2026 - Senator Faruqi joined family, friends, and supporters at Sydney International Airport this morning to welcome home seven of the brave Australian ...

Albanese and Wong utterly failing to protect Australians as Israel kidnaps 11 more Australian humanitarians

19 May, 2026 - Eleven Australians have been kidnapped in international waters by Israel while trying to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to people in...

Budget fails communities of colour and students: No changes to JRG, nothing for the National Anti-Racism Framework

13 May, 2026 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Higher Education and Anti-Racism, Senator Faruqi, has responded to last night’s federal budget, which f...

Ceasefire welcome, time to cut the ties with the US

8 April, 2026 - The agreement between Israel, the US and Iran to a two-week ceasefire is a positive development in a war that should have never started. This il...

Senators Faruqi, Thorpe & Payman write to President demanding action on racism in the Senate

12 March, 2026 - Senators Mehreen Faruqi, Senator Lidia Thorpe and Senator Fatima Payman have written to President Sue Lines calling for urgent action to addres...