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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: Corruption in Parliament

19 October, 2021 - It's true: a day can be a long time in politics. Friday 1 October was a long day for the then Premier Gladys Berejiklian, who resigned from h...

Speech: Insecurity in publicly funded jobs

19 October, 2021 - I rise to speak on the Select Committee on Job Security's second interim report, on insecurity in publicly funded jobs. The Greens welcome th...

Speech: I won't stop shaking things up in Parliament

18 October, 2021 - What a huge privilege it is to represent my wonderful state of New South Wales in the Senate. Thank you so much to my colleagues for nominati...

Greens announce plan to build one million homes

17 October, 2021 - The Greens have today announced that in balance of power after the next election, they will push a plan to build one million new publicly-own...

Greens target balance of power with $300K homes

17 October, 2021 - Media Release The Greens have today announced a plan to build 125,000 new homes and sell them to people locked out of housing for $300,000...

Greens target balance of power with $300K homes

17 October, 2021 - The Greens have today announced a plan to build 125,000 new homes and sell them to people locked out of housing for $300,000. Young people lo...

Greens call for urgent national COVID safe school plan as students return

15 October, 2021 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt, Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Greens Health spokesperson Jordon Steele-John have joined ...

Decolonising International Aid

29 September, 2021 - Media Release At a time of global crisis, the Greens will provide support and reparations for the Global South by boosting international...

Decolonising international aid

29 September, 2021 - At a time of global crisis, the Greens will provide support and reparations for the Global South by boosting international aid through Offi...

Polling puts animal welfare on the agenda for federal election

17 September, 2021 - Opinion polling of 1,052 Australians commissioned by the Greens and conducted by Lonergan Research has found Australians are overwhelmingly...

ABS data shows house prices are out of control

14 September, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has expressed alarm at the figures released today from the Australian Bureau ...

Tertiary education job destruction laid bare

13 September, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that a new report by the Centre for Future Work estimating 40,000 ...