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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Greens welcome National Student Ombudsman, but it must have teeth

23 February, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, and Greens Senate leader Senator Larissa Waters welcome the announcement today that...

Greens call on Labor to act on campus sexual violence with urgency

22 February, 2024 - Six years on from the AHRC’s Change the Course report recommendation to set up specialised bodies that tackle sexual violence on campuses, a...

End live sheep export: Labor government must legislate the date in this term

20 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi joined animal advocates in Perth where National Cabinet  me...

Wong UNRWA admission shows Minister’s recklessness on Palestine

9 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Aid and Global Justice spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has questioned Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Won...

Second live export voyage shows the craven live export industry prevails over animal welfare concerns

5 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has expressed grave concerns over news the department has approve...

Minister Watt must get animals off this ship of misery now

1 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Labor government to get animals off the MV Bahi...

‘Enough is enough’ - Greens call on the Labor government to urgently get animals off the MV Bahijah

30 January, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Labor government to intervene urgently and get ...

“End the blatant hypocrisy” - Faruqi calls on Wong to restore funding to UNRWA

29 January, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for International Aid and Global Justice, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has urged the Labor government to reve...

Stage 3 was designed to turbocharge inequality: Greens

24 January, 2024 - The Greens have said that given the Stage 3 tax cuts were designed to worsen economic inequality in Australia, Labor would have to make some ...

Greens say Stage 3 blowout shows tax cuts for the rich will boost inequality and inflation, must be cancelled

23 January, 2024 - The Greens have urged the Treasurer to scrap the Stage 3 tax cuts, arguing that they will see two thirds of taxpayers on lower incomes pay mo...

Labor Government must immediately stop live export trade through conflict zones

22 January, 2024 - Acting Greens Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Government to step in and stop all live export ...