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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Senate Urges NSW Government To Extend Consultation With Traditional Owners On Warragamba Dam Proposal

12 September, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed the Senate passing her motion calling on the NSW government to give Trad...

Speech: Agricultural Protection Amendment

12 September, 2019 - I just want to make a short contribution and add my voice to what Senator McKim said about amendment (1) on sheet QL133. The government's a...

Speech: Abortion Law Reform

11 September, 2019 - I rise to speak on a matter very close to my heart. New South Wales is currently having a really important debate on abortion law reform—re...

Speech: Agricultural Protection Bill

11 September, 2019 - I rise to speak on the Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019, which should really be called the 'ag gag bill'. Let's ...

Greens Win Amendments To Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Bill

10 September, 2019 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, the Greens’ Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, has welcomed the Government’s decision to adopt Greens’ amendments to ...

Greens Win Amendments To Inspector-General Of Live Animal Exports Bill

10 September, 2019 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, the Greens’ Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, has welcomed the Government’s decision to adopt Greens’ amendments to ...

Speech: Climate Change

10 September, 2019 - I rise to speak to this matter of utmost urgency. The climate collapse our world is experiencing is a threat like no other. The Australian ...

Speech: Live Animal Exports

10 September, 2019 - I rise to speak to the Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Bill 2019 and to indicate at the outset that, while the Greens will be supp...

Speech: Self-determination for Kashmir

10 September, 2019 - Imagine seven million people in a landlocked valley confined to their homes, their phones dead and their internet blocked. They're up again...

Greens Force Government To Table PFAS Report Response

9 September, 2019 - The Senate has tonight passed Greens Senator for NSW Mehreen Faruqi’s motion ordering the Government to table their response to the recommen...

Greens Force Government to Table PFAS Report Response

9 September, 2019 - The Senate has tonight passed Greens Senator for NSW Mehreen Faruqi’s motion ordering the Government to table their response to the recommen...

Greens Welcome Early Learning Matters Week

4 September, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Education Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed Early Learning Matters Week and called for the Morriso...