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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

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...

Speech: Toxic Culture Wars

6 October, 2020 - The Greens want a thriving, expanding and green manufacturing sector, but this government's plan for manufacturing is based on a completely un...

Speech: Uni Fee Hikes & Funding Cuts Bill

6 October, 2020 - Senator FARUQI (New South Wales) (12:19): I rise to speak to the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Region...

Morrison’s manufacturing plan a thin cover for a trickle-down agenda

1 October, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says the Morrison Manufacturing ‘plan’ is being used as a cover for a raft of failed neoliberal ideas, from union bas...

Narrabri gas approval is more fuel for the fires

30 September, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt and NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi say the approval of the Narrabri Gas project is the first domino to fall in the Mor...

Tehan Scrambles To Patch Up Uni Funding Disaster

30 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said the Education Minister’s announcement the Commonwealth will fund 1...

Uni Bill Report Flawed And Highly Partisan

25 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Mehreen Faruqi has said a report of the government-dominated Senate Education and Employment Legis...