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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

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...

Speech: Cashless Debit Card extension

9 December, 2020 - Senator FARUQI (New South Wales) (12:14): I rise to speak on the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare...

Speech: Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020

9 December, 2020 - I rise to speak on the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020. This bill facilitates the ex...

Speech: Lessons from the NZ Royal Commission report into the Christchurch Massacres.

9 December, 2020 - This was a terrorist attack committed by an Australian man who, the report says, was driven by an extreme right-wing Islamophobic ideology. A...

Speech: Higher education language teaching

8 December, 2020 - Universities are cutting courses and slashing jobs. The combined blows of COVID-19 and funding cuts are devastating. We should prioritise and...