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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

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...

Speech: No war

8 December, 2020 - I rise to speak to this matter of urgency. What happened in Afghanistan was the murder and torture of innocent people, even children, which l...

Statement On The NZ Royal Commission

8 December, 2020 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the publication of the report of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terroris...

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 ...