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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Uni Rallies Essential To Fight Cuts And Autocracy

23 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said she was proud to speak at and attend heavily-policed student ralli...

Western Sydney Airport Audit Report Reveals A Rotten Mess

22 September, 2020 - The Greens have said that a report of the Australian National Audit Office on a land purchase for Western Sydney Airport is damning and dem...

Early Childhood Package Provides No Long-term Certainty

20 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the latest Child Care Recovery Package, announced today, is y...

Targets out and gas in: Liberals and Labor play with matches while our world burns

15 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says today is a grim day for the climate, with the Prime Minister revealing plans to gas-fire Austral...

Unis Inquiry Reveals Widespread Dissatisfaction With Bill

15 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said the first day of the Senate Inquiry into the Job-ready Graduates l...

Horse Register Commitment Welcome But Now The Work Must Begin

10 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Australian Government’s response to the Senate inquir...

Sensational Gov Backdown Sends Uni Bill To Inquiry

3 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the Liberals have sensationally backed down and sent their uni...

Speech: Coward Liberals avoiding fee hikes scrutiny

3 September, 2020 - It's good to see that the government has seen some sense in having an inquiry. But you have been dragged kicking and screaming to the table,...

Bishops Rorting Poor Students Must Be Held Accountable: Greens

2 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has reacted to the Catholic Schools NSW documents leaked to the ABC th...

Speech: housing is a human right

2 September, 2020 - Safe, secure, affordable housing is a human right, but decades of neoliberal policy in housing and homelessness has made speculative assets ...

Speech: Paid Pandemic Leave

2 September, 2020 - I seek leave to move a motion relating to the consideration of the Fair Work Amendment (COVID-19) Bill 2010, as circulated in the chamber. L...

Speech: The Government doesn't care about workers

2 September, 2020 - The government don't care about workers. They don't care about the economy. They don't care about protecting the planet for future generatio...