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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: The Safeguard Mechanism

28 March, 2023 - I rise today to support this bill, the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill, but I am doing so with a heavy heart because of the miss...

Speech: Anniversary of the Iraq War

22 March, 2023 - March this year is the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, led by the United States and its lackeys, including, shamefully, this country....

Speech: Anti-Trans Attacks

22 March, 2023 - It has been a very tough time for the trans community. This weekend we saw a vile alliance of hate between transphobes, Neo-Nazis and other far...

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...