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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: The Media & Remembering Sam Langford

16 June, 2020 - There has been a lot of public discussion in the last few weeks about racism in our society. This has largely resulted from the massive antiraci...

Speech: National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020

15 June, 2020 - I rise on behalf of the Greens to speak to the National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020. The bill before us today implements one of the key recomm...

Speech: Victims of the bushfires can't wait

15 June, 2020 - I rise to speak on this matter of public importance. The devastating bushfires of last summer ripped through communities across the country. Liv...

Over 5600 local jobs to rebuild Eden-Monaro from bushfires and COVID-19

13 June, 2020 - Unemployed people in Eden-Monaro would have meaningful work under The Greens’ plan to recover from the coronavirus economic shock in a visionary...

Speech: Government Live Exports Motion

12 June, 2020 - The Greens oppose this motion. The live animal export trade is an industry built on cruelty and on so-called standards that guarantee the horrif...

Speech: Childcare

11 June, 2020 - I can honestly say that I would not have been able to complete my masters and PhD, nor embark on a career in engineering or academia, and then e...

Speech: The Black Lives Matter Movement

11 June, 2020 - I rise to make a statement on Black Lives Matter and our work for justice. Over the last couple of weeks, a global antiracist movement has re-em...

Greens Push To Support Unis Defeated By One Vote

10 June, 2020 - The Australian Senate has narrowly voted down a Greens motion to disallow parts of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benef...

Speech: Black Lives Matter Protests

10 June, 2020 - I proudly attended the Black Lives Matter rally in Sydney on unceded Gadigal land on Saturday 6 June. I attended the rally to show solidarity wi...

Speech: Disallowance of Uni Exclusion from JobKeeper

10 June, 2020 - I move: That items 5 to 7 of Schedule 1 of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2020, made ...

Speech: Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations (Special Appropriation) Bill 2019

10 June, 2020 - I rise to speak to the Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations (Special Appropriation) Bill 2019. The bill provid...

Speech: Taking Note of Response to Childcare Questions

10 June, 2020 - I was deeply disappointed, but not entirely surprised, to see free child care scrapped by this government after just two months. Ending free chi...