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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: The Liberals peddling white supremacy in the Senate

16 October, 2018 - What the coalition government did yesterday was shameless and it was shameful. You knew exactly what was in the motion; you had it for three ...

Speech: legalised discrimination against LGBTQI+ students and teachers

15 October, 2018 - Last week I thought I'd woken up in the 1950s. The Ruddock review into religious freedom recommended that the ability for religious schools t...

Speech: The horrifying TPP

15 October, 2018 - I rise to speak on the Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 and...

Speech: Warragamba Dam

15 October, 2018 - Right now in the parliament of my home state of New South Wales sits a bill that would devastate national parks. The New South Wales governme...

Schools that Discriminate Don’t Deserve A Cent of Public Money

10 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said that the Ruddock Review into Religious Freedom’s recommendatio...

Australian Greens give no apology for standing up for public schools

4 October, 2018 - Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale and Education Spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi have today doubled down on their defenc...

Education Funding Threats Show Tehan Isn't Up to the Job

28 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said that the new Education Minister, Dan Tehan, is not up to the job...

Australian Greens Senator Offers to Hold Citizenship Ceremonies for NSW Councils Stripped of Their Power

26 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has offered to officiate citizenship ceremonies for NSW councils that have been ...

Labor Can’t Have it Both Ways on Public Education

26 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has called on Labor to join the Greens in working to ensure that the $4.6...

Senate Calls on Federal Government to Enact a National Homelessness Plan

20 September, 2018 - The Australian Senate has today called on the Federal Government to take a national approach to homelessness and to develop a National Home...

Statement on Homelessness

20 September, 2018 - Senator FARUQI (New South Wales) (12:38): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator F...

Weak Coalition Government Hands Hush Money to Independent and Catholic School Sector

20 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has slammed the Federal Government’s announcement today on Catholic and I...