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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Australian Greens Education Spokesperson to speak at anti-Ramsay Centre rally at Sydney University today

31 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, will today speak at 'Stop the Ramsay Centre! Protest at the USYD Senate' an...

No more chances on Live Export: Moss Review shows it is time for a ban.

31 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has reiterated her call for a ban on live exports, following the relea...

Research 'National Interest' Test a Smokescreen for Political Interference

31 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has rebuked Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan's proposed national intere...

Education Minister Interference in Research Grants "An outrageous overreach"

26 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has called news that the former Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingha...

Greens Senator Slams Lack of Transparency of Private School Slush Fund

25 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has called the Government's so called 'Choice and Affordability" package a ...

Corrupting Influence of Gun Lobby Out to Water Down Gun Control Laws

22 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Gun Control, Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Greens spokesperson for Democracy, Senator Larissa Waters, have re...

Alert: Protest Australia's Richest Greyhound Race

19 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, will speak at a protest tomorrow afternoon outside the Wentworth Park,...

Speech: Discrimination Free Schools

18 October, 2018 - I rise to speak on the Greens sex discrimination amendment bill, the Discrimination Free Schools Bill 2018, and I do so very proudly. This is...

Speech: Industrial deaths

17 October, 2018 - I rise on behalf of the Greens to speak on the report on the inquiry into the prevention, investigation and prosecution of industrial deaths ...

238,000 Signature Petition Against Live Export tabled in Australian Senate

16 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has today tabled more than 238,000 signatures from a petition in the A...

Senate Condemns NSW Government for Treating the Opera House as a Billboard

16 October, 2018 - The Australian Senate has today condemned the NSW Government for treating the Opera House as a Billboard. The motion, put forward by Australi...

Speech: On Palestine, Morrison wants to be a mini-Trump

16 October, 2018 - As we get closer to the election, it becomes more and more obvious that the Prime Minister is trying to reinvent himself as a mini-Trump. Aft...