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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Govt misses opportunity to deliver urgently needed uni reforms

19 July, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the Government's decision to progress five im...

Greens urge corporate sponsors to listen to community & say Nup to the Cup

19 July, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, has written to Lexus, Penfolds, Kennedy and Furphy ...

Childcare fee hikes show the need for universal & free early learning

5 July, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that reports of early childhood education and care pro...

Polling shows highest ever support for free uni and TAFE

30 June, 2023 - Independent polling commissioned by the office of Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi shows that m...

Sheep abuse allegations demonstrate need for urgent live export phase out

27 June, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, has responded to allegations that thousands of shee...

Reports of barbaric killing of kangaroos must spur action

21 June, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to horrific revelations about commercia...

Speech: Freeze Rent Increases

19 June, 2023 - Australia is in the middle of a rental and housing crisis. People renting a home and people buying a home are spending record amounts of their i...

Speech: Renters' Rights

19 June, 2023 -  It's pretty rich for Labor to stand up here and say that they have been negotiating in good faith. That is absolutely inaccurate. For mont...

Speech: Student Debt Increases

19 June, 2023 - I rise to speak to the Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023. The bill amends the Higher Education Support...

Speech: Climate Injustice in Pakistan

14 June, 2023 - Pakistan is experiencing some of the most intense political, economic and climate turmoil it has seen in decades. The nation is caught in a debt...

Speech: Students and the Cost of Living Crisis

14 June, 2023 - I move: That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: Labor is refusing to support students who are bearing th...

Speech: Voice to Parliament

14 June, 2023 - I rise to speak to the Constitutional Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023. This bill seeks to recognise Aboriginal and...