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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Greens flag student debt bill as inflation soars

27 October, 2022 - Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi will today give notice of a private senator’s bill that abolishes inde...

Speech: Labor's Budget

26 October, 2022 - Nine years under the LNP government have set a very low bar, so Labor's budget is better than we have had for a long time, but there is so mu...

Speech: The Need for Free TAFE

26 October, 2022 -  I rise to speak on the Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022 and the Jobs and Skills Australia (National Skills Commissioner Repeal) Bill...

Speech: The Melbourne Cup & Kashmiri Sovereignty

25 October, 2022 -  The Melbourne Cup is on again next week. Seven horses have been killed at the last nine Melbourne Cup races. And that's just part of th...

Speech: West Jerusalem as Israel's capital

25 October, 2022 - The government's decision to no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a welcome move, but it is only a start. It is a s...

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...