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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Greens propose new ‘Climate Response Service’ to aid flood and fire response

22 March, 2025 - Australia would have a Climate Response Service to put thousands of people on the ground and help prepare for fires, floods, and cyclones; and ...

Greens call to establish a Workplace Racial Equality Agency to combat racism in the workplace

21 March, 2025 - On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD), Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, Senator M...

Senator Faruqi urges government action against Trump interference in Australian research

17 March, 2025 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Spokesperson for Higher Education, has strongly condemned the Trump administ...

Combat rising Islamophobia, not the community bearing its brunt

14 March, 2025 - On the eve of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia and the sixth anniversary of the Christchurch mosque massacre, the Greens Deputy Lea...

Senator Faruqi announces Jess Whittaker as federal Greens candidate for Cunningham

5 March, 2025 - The Australian Greens’ Deputy Leader, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, will officially launch Jess Whittaker as the Greens candidate for the federal elec...

Universities thinly veiled attempt to shut down criticism of Israel is nothing short of shameful

26 February, 2025 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Higher Education Senator Mehreen Faruqi has slammed universities for trying to shut dow...

200,000 young people to be better off under Greens’ changes to JobSeeker and Youth Allowance

20 February, 2025 - 200,000 more young people would get access to JobSeeker or Youth Allowance or increased payments to support them in further studies under th...

Greens introduce Bill banning university ties to weapons companies

13 February, 2025 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and Spokesperson for Higher Education, has today introduced a Bill that requires universities t...

Yet another lacklustre student debt and housing announcement from Labor

12 February, 2025 - Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Housing and Homelessness spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather ...

People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine launches today

7 February, 2025 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi,  Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson, is pleased to join students, academics, the ...

Albanese Government must condemn Trump’s latest attack on UNRWA & human rights

5 February, 2025 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader Senator Mehreen Faruqi has demanded that the Australian government unequivocally condemn President Trump’s de...