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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: Loyalty tests of Chinese-Australians

7 December, 2020 - The Greens support this motion. What Senator Abetz did was disgraceful. There is no doubt about that. Interrogating a person's loyalty to thi...

Speech: the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020

7 December, 2020 - I rise to speak on the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020 and associated bills, and I want to associate myself with the remarks made by ...

Amendments: Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020

3 December, 2020 - Exclude universities from the legislation I move: (1) Clause 7, page 9 (lines 6 and 7), omit paragraph (7) (e). (2) Clause 7, page 9 (after ...

Speech: Migrant workers and the gig economy

2 December, 2020 - I would like to speak tonight about the recent tragic deaths and serious injuries of food delivery workers in Sydney and across the country. ...

Speech: Climate crisis & colonialism

1 December, 2020 - I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Leader of the Government in the Senate representing the Prime Minister (Senator ...

Speech: Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020

30 November, 2020 - I rise to speak to the Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020. The Greens will be opposing this ill-thou...

Speech: JobMaker Hiring Credit Bill - Consideration of House of Representatives Message

12 November, 2020 - The Greens have a very strong position that the Senate should insist on its amendments to this Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Cr...

Speech: Funding education to create jobs

12 November, 2020 - The Greens support this motion. With hundreds of thousands of jobs lost and more than a million people unemployed and already stagnant wages...

Uni Enrolment Slump Reveals Gendered Downturn

12 November, 2020 - The Greens have responded to new ABS data showing an alarming drop in women studying at university in 2020 as compared to 2019. Senator Mehr...

Speech: University wage theft

11 November, 2020 - Over the last few months I've been participating in the Senate inquiry into unlawful underpayment of employees' remuneration, otherwise know...

The deaths of Dede Fredy and Xiaojun Chen

11 November, 2020 - The Greens support this motion and we express our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of Dede Fredy and Xiaojun Chen. They di...

Senate Says Horses Should Not Die At Racetracks

10 November, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Senate’s agreement to her motion acknowledging all Mel...