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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Greens Welcome Cosmetic Animal Testing Ban and Vow to Keep Up Pressure on the Government

15 February, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed a ban on animal testing for cosmetics...

Secret Documents Reveal Government Interfered With Live Export Report

14 February, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has revealed documents that show the Department of...

Speech: The Department of Agriculture is a Failed Regulator of Live Exports

14 February, 2019 - 'The department has failed as a regulator.' This is the beginning of the draft report provided to the Department of Agriculture and Water Re...

Greens Establish Inquiry into National Horse Register

13 February, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has successfully established a Senate inquiry into...

Speech: The Rocky Hill mine rejection is a huge community win

13 February, 2019 - The New South Wales Land and Environment Court's landmark decision to reject the Rocky Hill coalmine is a huge win for the community and the...

Speech: Murray-Darling Basin & Political Integrity

12 February, 2019 - Just a few weeks ago, I was out at Menindee to see firsthand the Murray-Darling Basin in ecosystem collapse. The Darling River, the Barka, i...

Speech: Rebuilding TAFEs

12 February, 2019 - The Greens always have and always will stand for publicly owned and operated and publicly funded vocational training colleges and TAFEs. The...

Greens Welcome Tertiary Education Union Call for Free Higher Education

8 February, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU...

Private Schools Continue to be Showered in Cash Under Liberals and Labor

31 January, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has said that Catholic and private schools will continue...

Free Higher Education Essential for Jobs of the Future

24 January, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said free higher education is the key to ensuring e...

Lismore Track Reopening Shows Greyhound Racing Reform Is a Farce

24 January, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the reopening of the Lismore racing trac...