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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

OECD education report a national shame

4 October, 2022 - The latest OECD Education at a Glance report reveals unforgivable cuts to public education spending in Australia during the Covid pandemic, th...

Speech: Dogs in Politics Day

28 September, 2022 - Last Friday was Dogs in Politics Day, and although I have been talking about animal rights for many years, this one is a hard speech t...

Speech: Tackle the student debt crisis

28 September, 2022 - Today I rise to speak about the urgent need to tackle the student debt crisis. Each year we send thousands of students out into the world w...

Speech: The plight of staff at Southern Cross University

28 September, 2022 - I rise, as I have many times before, to speak about the plight of higher education workers—specifically, in this case, the staff at Souther...

Censure Motion: Senator Pauline Hanson

27 September, 2022 - By leave—I, and also on behalf of Senator Waters, move: That the Senate— (a) condemns all racism and discrimination against migrants ...

Childcare changes should be strengthened and brought forward

27 September, 2022 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the government’s Cheaper Childcare Bill, in...

Speech: Australian Research Council funding schemes

26 September, 2022 - I rise to take note of document 10 on page 4 relating to the Australian Research Council funding schemes. Senators will know that I ha...

Speech: The housing affordability crisis

26 September, 2022 - Speaking with people in our communities at the moment or even picking up a newspaper, you would have to have your head buried deeply in the...

Animal welfare documents reveal sickening cruelty

15 September, 2022 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for animal welfare, has reacted to the release of all 8015 pages of the 2020 ...

ARC documents reveal CEO meddling in hundreds of research applications

14 September, 2022 - Senator Faruqi’s order for the production of documents required the Government to provide data on the ARC CEO’s requested revisions to the ...

Greens back early childhood workers’ shutdown

7 September, 2022 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for education, has backed the early childhood educators action to S...

Speech: Climate Change Bill

7 September, 2022 - I rise to speak to the Climate Change Bill 2022 and a related bill, and I would like to associate myself with the fabulous comments that hav...