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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Skills 'Overhaul' Without Free TAFE & New Funding Just Press Club Hot Air

26 May, 2020 - The Greens have said that the Coalition government can’t be trusted to rebuild our vocational education system or create jobs, ahead of the Prime...

Save Education And Jobs

22 May, 2020 - Given that the government now has $60 billion unspent in the JobKeeper program, Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi h...

Green Manufacturing, Not Fossil Fuels, The Way Out Of COVID-19

21 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Industry spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to a leaked report of the COVID Commission’s Manufacturing Taskforce...

Uni Jobs On The Line As Greens Back N.D.A.

21 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that up to 30,000 university jobs will be lost if the federal government...

Childcare Must Remain Free

20 May, 2020 - The Greens have backed a community call to retain free childcare in light of the Education Minister’s strongest indications yet that the governme...

Greens launch debt-led economic recovery plan including a jobs and income guarantee and massive green investment

18 May, 2020 - Young people will be guaranteed a job, secure income, and free education under a new Greens recovery plan to restart the economy and build ‘a bet...

All States & Territories Put Commonwealth To Shame Over International Students

16 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that all states and territories have put the federal government to shame...

Greens Back Global Call For Debt Forgiveness

14 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens have joined an international delegation signing onto a letter calling for extensive debt forgiveness from international fin...

Speech: 500000 homes

14 May, 2020 - The Greens support this motion. We have been strongly pushing for a massive investment from the federal government to build 500,000 public and co...

Speech: International Students'

13 May, 2020 - In the last few weeks, there have been disturbing videos shared on social media channels showing queues of international students lining the stre...

Speech: One Nation (and others') racism on migration

13 May, 2020 - I did ponder a bit whether speaking on this matter of public importance was worth it, because it clearly seeks to divide us. But, to be honest, I...

Speech: Retain the Rate of Youth Allowance & JobSeeker

13 May, 2020 - I rise to support the call to retain the rate of the jobseeker and youth allowance payments. A return to the old rate of the jobseeker and youth ...