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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Minister Tehan’s New Research National Interest Test Farcical and Dangerous

28 November, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson and Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the Liberal/National Government’s new research n...

Senate Votes in Favour of Australian Greens Motion for Strong Gun Control

28 November, 2018 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Gun Control and Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed the Senate voting for her motion reaffir...

Speech: The Gun Lobby's NRA tactics

28 November, 2018 - The gun lobby's attempts to replicate NRA tactics in Australia are reprehensible and must be rejected. The NRA is a blight on American democ...

Speech: Prevention of Violence Against Women

27 November, 2018 - Violence against women is at epidemic levels in our country. Every year we count the numbers and every year they're distressingly high. Last...

Speech: We are Proudly the Party of Public Education

27 November, 2018 - The Greens are proudly the party of public education. We are unapologetic in our advocacy for a well-resourced, world-class public education...

Education Minister Must Not Ditch University Sexual Assault Taskforce

23 November, 2018 - The Australian Greens have called on the Education Minister to not ditch a proposed university sexual assault taskforce . Fairfax Media has ...

Fully Funded Public Schools: Australian Greens Launch Package for Public Education

22 November, 2018 - The Australian Greens have announced plans for a huge investment in public schools, committing an additional $4.6 billion for public schools...

Greens move to remove Minister’s Veto of Research Funding

15 November, 2018 - The Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has introduced a bill to completely remove the Education Minister’s ab...

Speech: Removing the Ministerial Veto of ARC Research Funding

15 November, 2018 - This bill amends the Australian Research Council Act 2001 (ARC Act). The intent of the Bill is to remove Ministerial discretion from approvi...

Speech: Merchants of Hate

14 November, 2018 - It seems that almost every day we are met with a new far-right conservative movement. The spectrum ranges from straight-up neo-Nazis, or fas...

Speech: Australian Research Council Order for Production of Documents

13 November, 2018 - There should be no political interference in research grants, full stop. The Liberals need to back off on the so-called national interest te...

Speech: Independent Office of Animal Welfare

13 November, 2018 - I thank Senator Storer for bringing this motion to the Senate. The Greens will be supporting this because we do need an independent office o...