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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Greens to move in Senate against India travel ban

4 May, 2021 - The Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt, has announced the Greens will move in the Senate next week for the Government to revoke its direc...

Australia must back vaccine patent waiver: Greens

29 April, 2021 - The Greens have reiterated their calls for Australia to support a global vaccine patent waiver, supported by more than 100 countries, ahead of ...

Early childhood boost must make it free

26 April, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said reports that the Coalition government is considering a boost to childc...

Police raid Neo-Nazis, find bomb

8 April, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-Racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that police have arrested two Australian men and foun...

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 ...