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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Uni wage theft investigation a welcome sign

22 June, 2022 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Fair Work Ombudsman’s priority investigation ...

Universal preschool must be national and free

16 June, 2022 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that NSW and Victoria’s announcement of universal pre...

Labor betrayal on live export

6 May, 2022 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has panned Labor’s apparent swift backflip today on its promised phase-out of...

Greens will boost homelessness funding by $550 million a year

24 April, 2022 - Media Release The Australian Greens have launched their plan to boost Commonwealth funding for homelessness services by $550 million per yea...

Young people betrayed on housing affordability

20 April, 2022 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that a new Resolve Strategic poll has told a sorry story about the Coali...

Greens will be a voice for animals

19 April, 2022 - The Greens have announced their plan for animal welfare ahead of the federal election. Both the Coalition and Labor have ignored animal welfare...

Live export betrayal will harm animals

31 March, 2022 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the reported winding back of the ban on live sheep export to...

Public education hit hard in hostile budget

30 March, 2022 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that education has been smashed by a budget hostile to public schools,...

Speech: Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation

30 March, 2022 - We are in a situation where we have floods in New South Wales and Queensland. We have a housing crisis. People can't make ends meet. Young peop...

Speech: Floods are the reality of climate change

29 March, 2022 - I rise to make a contribution to the debate on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022 and I want to ...

Speech: Time for a reckoning with racism

29 March, 2022 - Islamophobia in this country is rising. The third report on Islamophobia, Islamophobia in Australia, was released this month by Charles Sturt U...

Gov and Labor team up to protect research veto

21 March, 2022 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Government and Labor Senators have teamed up to produce highly fl...