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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Greens launch election pledge for free university and TAFE

14 April, 2025 - The Australian Greens have today announced their plan to make university and TAFE free for students around the country, something that would be...

Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens launches Charlotte McCabe’s federal campaign to make Newcastle marginal

11 April, 2025 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for NSW, is in Newcastle today to launch the federal election campai...

Dutton’s plan to slash international students scapegoats migrants for a housing crisis they did not cause

6 April, 2025 - Today, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced that he will be slashing the number of international students by 80,000 and tripling the cost of...

Dutton’s plan to slash international students scapegoats migrants for a housing crisis they did not cause

6 April, 2025 - Today, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced that he will be slashing the number of international students by 80,000 and tripling the cost of...

Greens slam Coalition’s Trump-style crackdown on universities

3 April, 2025 - Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Spokesperson for Higher Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has strongly condemned Peter Dutton’s late...

Greens to introduce bill Repealing Mandatory Minimum Sentences

26 March, 2025 - Today in the Senate, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Spokesperson for Anti-Racism, will introduce a bill to ...

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...