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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

20 March, 2023 - Every year, 21 March marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, or IDERD—at least, it does in every other c...

Overwhelming support for Student Debt Freeze in Senate Inquiry

16 March, 2023 - Submissions to a Senate inquiry into a bill introduced by Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Edu...

Government must reckon with Islamophobia

15 March, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Anti-racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has urged the Government to reckon with the ugly reality of...

Australia should restore the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

14 March, 2023 - Greens Deputy Leader and Anti-Racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has called on the Labor Government to restore “Harmony Day”, held annu...

Speech: Racism

7 March, 2023 - Today Diversity Council Australia released groundbreaking research on the experiences of culturally and racially marginalised women in leadershi...

Speech: Greyhound Racing

6 March, 2023 - 2023 got off to a bad start for greyhounds. It's only March, and there have already been 25 track deaths and 1,963 injuries this year. Over the ...

Speech: Paid Parental Leave

6 March, 2023 - I rise to speak about the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022 and associate myself with the ...

Speech: PhD Students and Academic Research

6 March, 2023 - I rise to speak to the Higher Education Support Amendment (Australia's Economic Accelerator) Bill 2022. This bill amends the Higher Education Su...

Greens urge Labor to stare down live export industry pressure

2 March, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, has criticised  efforts by the live sheep expo...

Australia should co-sponsor Vanuatu’s ICJ resolution

23 February, 2023 - Greens Deputy Leader and International Aid & Global Justice spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has urged the Australian Government to c...

Uni wage theft report a wake-up call for government

20 February, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that a new NTEU report on $83 million of stolen w...

Endorsement of draft behaviour codes a turning point

8 February, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said that today’s parliamentary endorsement of Behaviour Standards and Codes is ...