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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Free and Universal Early Learning

9 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Labor’s Budget in Reply commitment to increase child care subsid...

Amendments: Uni fee hikes and funding cuts

8 October, 2020 - Senator FARUQI (New South Wales) (12:55): Mr President, I request that the amendments on sheets RV130 and RV133 be put separately. The PRESIDE...

Fee Hikes’ Passage More Fuel In Libs’ Uni Arson

8 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the Liberal National Government has condemned Australian higher ...

Speech: Liberals gag debate on uni bill

8 October, 2020 - I rise on behalf of the Greens to say that we will be vehemently opposing this disgraceful government's motion to guillotine a bill that hikes...

An Anti-Education Budget

7 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi spokesperson has said that from early learning through to university and vocat...

Disallowance: Don't Cut JobSeeker

7 October, 2020 - I move: That Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Rules (No. 8) 2020, made unde...

Housing And Homelessness Funding Left Out In The Cold

7 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said the 2020-21 budget delivers nothing for social housing while cutting fu...

Speech: Anti-Racism & Trump

7 October, 2020 - I am so delighted to have Senator Lidia Thorpe join us in parliament. Senator Thorpe and I will be leading the Greens to put antiracist work a...

Centre Alliance Sells Out Students And Universities

6 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Centre Alliance has cut a reprehensible deal with the Liberals t...

Speech: Koalas & the Brandy Hill Quarry

6 October, 2020 - Last week I visited Port Stephens to meet with community members who have been raising the plight of koalas in the area, in particular the des...

Speech: National Horse Register Report

6 October, 2020 - In respect of the government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee report Feasibility of a nati...

Speech: The Budget, Inequality and Environment

6 October, 2020 - Instead of investing in Australia's future, the Morrison government is choosing inequality and climate collapse in its federal budget. The fed...