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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Far-right investigations must spur action on fascist terror

26 March, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that numerous investigations published today by ABC, Nine and Guardi...

Teetering on the rental cliff

26 March, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that eviction moratoriums are ending today in NSW, and on Sunday in Vict...

Fires one year, floods the next - the grim future of global heating

21 March, 2021 - The Australian Greens have said the disastrous flooding in NSW was a grim look at the future of extreme weather in a climate crisis, warning th...

ASIO Must Name The Far-Right

18 March, 2021 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens spokesperson for Anti-Racism, has criticised ASIO’s shift away from naming the threat of right-wing extremism, a...

Speech: COVID-19 Vaccination

17 March, 2021 - COVID-19 has exposed many structural inequities in Australia and internationally, from economic insecurity to wildly unequal access to health s...

Speech: Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2021

16 March, 2021 - I rise on behalf of the Greens to speak to the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020. I can tell yo...

Amendments: Higher Education Support (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020

15 March, 2021 - Include the Commonwealth government in the legislation The Greens support this amendment. The freedom to express opinions with respect to the C...

Speech: Early childhood education and care

15 March, 2021 - I rise to speak briefly on Senator Pratt's motion to refer to the Senate Education and Employment References Committee a reference about early ...

Australia Must Support Equal Access to Covid-19 Vaccines

11 March, 2021 - The Greens have said that Australia must support a World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal that would waive intellectual property provisions to...

Fund education to dismantle rape culture for International Women’s Day: Greens

8 March, 2021 - In the wake of recent parliamentary sexual abuse revelations and the petition started by Chanel Contos, the Greens have used International Women...

Anti-Chinese Racism A National Concern

3 March, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has expressed her serious concerns about a Lowy Institute survey which found t...

PFAS Ban In NSW Welcome – Now A National Ban Needed

1 March, 2021 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW, Mehreen Faruqi, has said that today’s announcement of a NSW ban on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemical...