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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Senate Committee report fails to tackle the racism and white supremacy at the core of far-right extremism

6 December, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, sat on the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committ...

Government must fully commit to and fund the National Anti-Racism Framework

27 November, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and Anti-Racism Spokesperson, wants federal government commitment and full funding to implement...

Senators Mehreen Faruqi and Lidia Thorpe call for inquiry into racism in parliament

25 November, 2024 - Senators Mehreen Faruqi and Lidia Thorpe have today moved a motion in the Senate calling for the Standing Committee on Procedures to conduct...

NTEU report lays bare the ‘corporate university’

21 November, 2024 -   Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Spokesperson for Tertiary Education, has responded to NTEU’s re...

Labor’s $50 million pledge to the Loss & Damage Fund is a start, but new coal and gas must end

20 November, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Spokesperson for International Aid and Global Justice, has responded to L...

Labor’s disastrous student caps dead in the water

18 November, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Higher Education, has responded to the defeat of the Lab...

Greens amendments challenge Labor to legislate their student debt pledges immediately

17 November, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Greens and Higher Education spokesperson, will move the following amendments to the Universitie...

Faruqi: Introduction of TAFE bill shows Labor can also bring in legislation right now to wipe student debt

7 November, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Higher Education, has called on Labor to bring in a bill ...

Dump job ready graduates fee hikes before start of next uni year

5 November, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy leader and spokesperson for higher education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that Labor is consider...

It’s time to put the Melbourne Cup in the dustbin of history

5 November, 2024 - On Melbourne Cup Day, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Animal Welfare, is calling for hors...