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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: Our manufacturing future

4 February, 2021 - The Nationals claim to have a plan for manufacturing, but all this is is a plan for locking in a climate catastrophe and destroying the futur...

Speech: Shark fishing

3 February, 2021 - I rise tonight to speak about the global shark fin trade and inhumane practise of shark finning. For some years I have spoken out about shark...

Speech: Stopping the spread of far-right extremism

3 February, 2021 - I rise to speak on the matter of urgency before the chamber. As senators would know, this is an issue that is front of my mind as the Greens ...

Uni Job Carnage Devastating But Predictable

3 February, 2021 - New figures released by Universities Australia today that more than 17,000 university jobs have been lost in the past year are devastating bu...

New early childhood data reveal costs, quality concerns

2 February, 2021 - The median cost of childcare is the highest it’s ever been and there are worrying signs for service quality, according to new figures from th...

Speech: Coal in the Hunter

2 February, 2021 - The Hunter Valley needs a new coal-fired power station like it needs a hole in the head. I have spent a lot of time in the Hunter Valley, and...

Speech: No gas-led recovery

2 February, 2021 - This morning the people's climate rally came to the lawns of Parliament House. They came to the people's house today to make sure that politi...

Speech: Trumpism and the Liberal Party

2 February, 2021 - I rise tonight to speak about the scourge of far Right extremism and its normalisation in our politics and our culture. A couple of weeks ago...

Childcare Expenses Back To Pre-Covid Levels

27 January, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the December quarter Consumer Price Index data released today b...

Tudge Shouldn’t Be A Minister, Let Alone Education Minister

18 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Alan Tudge’s appointment as Education Minister is a disturbing...

Alarm Bells On Housing Stress Must Spur Action

15 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson and Senator for NSW, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to a report by Equity Economics projecting...

Speech: Workplace safety

10 December, 2020 - The Greens support this motion. We have long called for federal laws on industrial manslaughter. Our workplace health and safety laws are br...