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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Labor’s student debt relief bill is a PR stunt

15 August, 2024 - Deputy Greens Leader and spokesperson for Higher Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to Labor’s bill that was introduced today cl...

Greens call on Labor to scrap the caps on international students in the face of overwhelming opposition

5 August, 2024 - Ahead of a Senate Committee Inquiry hearing into the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 on Tu...

Binskin’s report whitewashes Israeli attack on World Central Kitchen aid workers

2 August, 2024 - Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and International Aid spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the assertion in the report by S...

Labor makes student debt crisis worse, with arts degrees exceeding $50,000 on the horizon

18 July, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson has responded to recently released student contribution rates which reveal a st...

Greens respond to appointment of Antisemitism envoy

10 July, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Antiracism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the Government needs to urgently implement the ...

Greens condemn Sydney University’s new restrictions on campus protests

5 July, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson has responded to new campus protest rules imposed by Sydney University which inc...

Massive win for Greens and animal welfare advocates as live sheep export ban passes Senate

1 July, 2024 - The Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024, has passed the Senate, delivering a huge win for the Greens as we...

Greens say staggering uni wage theft figures must spark immediate Government action

26 June, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Higher Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to new analysis by the National Tert...

TRANSCRIPT: Bandt and Faruqi respond to Palestine vote and Senator Payman

25 June, 2024 - Attributable to Greens Leader Adam Bandt: Despicably, Labor and Liberal joined together to vote against recognising the state of Palestine. Thi...

Greens call on Government to listen to growing calls to dump disastrous international student cap policy

18 June, 2024 - Deputy Greens Leader and Higher Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the Group of Eight’s scathing criticism of the Go...

Additional aid funding for Gaza is necessary but Government needs to do far more

12 June, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and International Aid and Global Justice Spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has stated that while the Albanese Government’...