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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Reports of barbaric killing of kangaroos must spur action

21 June, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to horrific revelations about commercia...

Speech: Freeze Rent Increases

19 June, 2023 - Australia is in the middle of a rental and housing crisis. People renting a home and people buying a home are spending record amounts of their i...

Speech: Renters' Rights

19 June, 2023 -  It's pretty rich for Labor to stand up here and say that they have been negotiating in good faith. That is absolutely inaccurate. For mont...

Speech: Student Debt Increases

19 June, 2023 - I rise to speak to the Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023. The bill amends the Higher Education Support...

Speech: Climate Injustice in Pakistan

14 June, 2023 - Pakistan is experiencing some of the most intense political, economic and climate turmoil it has seen in decades. The nation is caught in a debt...

Speech: Students and the Cost of Living Crisis

14 June, 2023 - I move: That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: Labor is refusing to support students who are bearing th...

Speech: Voice to Parliament

14 June, 2023 - I rise to speak to the Constitutional Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023. This bill seeks to recognise Aboriginal and...

Time for Federal Govt to follow States’ lead on early childhood education

13 June, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has called on the Federal Government to show leadership in the...

Millions worse off today because of Labor

1 June, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has slammed the Labor Government, who are today responsible for...

Student debt could rise by 15% in two years of Labor Government

24 May, 2023 - On June 1 2022, student debts were indexed by 3.9%. On June 1 2023, student debts will be indexed by 7.1% Based on the CPI forecasts in the Ma...

Greens urge Government to act on ARC Review

19 May, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has written to the Minister of Education, Jason Clare MP, urgin...

Budget offers next to nothing on Education

11 May, 2023 - Responding to this week’s budget, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education Spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi said: “It's beyo...