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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

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...

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 ...

Australia’s TRIPS waiver support takes far too long

9 September, 2021 - Australian Greens International Aid & Development spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that the Australian Governmen...

Greens introduce bill to ban greyhound export

1 September, 2021 - The Greens have introduced a bill to parliament that would ban the export of greyhounds from Australia for commercial purposes including bre...

Speech: Covid-19 in First Nations communities

1 September, 2021 - I couldn't agree more that this is a matter of extreme urgency. It calls on the Morrison-Joyce government to take responsibility for the dan...

Speech: Let's ban greyhound exports

1 September, 2021 - Today, I want to talk about something we rarely hear about in this place: animals and their wellbeing. Australians love animals, yet so many...

Speech: Murdoch media must be challenged

1 September, 2021 - Like many Australians, I watched the Four Corners series 'Fox and the big lie' over the last two Mondays. While it wasn't surprising viewing...

Speech: While politicians destroy the planet, the people are fighting back

1 September, 2021 - In another episode of 'We will do anything but tackle climate change', a bunch of Liberal and National MPs are jumping up and down and wanti...

Speech: Respect@Work

31 August, 2021 - I rise to speak on the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021—a bill this government has had to be dragged to ...

Speech: Scott Morrison is a Prime Minister for himself and no-one else

31 August, 2021 - I for one, Senator Hughes, love New South Wales and Sydney—the harbour and everything else that comes with it—and, I must say, I am a little b...