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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Greens welcome targets to increase CALD leadership in the APS

30 April, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader Senator Mehreen Faruqi, who has long advocated for the need to increase the representation of people of colour ...

CPI shows student debts to rise by 4.8% on June 1, as Greens demand indexation be scrapped in May budget

24 April, 2024 - Student debts will go up 4.8% this June adding an estimated $3.3billion to the debt burden of Australians unless the Labor Government urgently ...

Greens support Gaza solidarity encampment at Sydney University, call on universities to divest from Israel

24 April, 2024 - The Australian Greens are rallying behind the students and staff at Sydney Unviersity who have started an encampment on the quad lawns, protest...

International students being scapegoated by the Labor Government, say Greens

24 April, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has reacted to recent revelations that universities are ...

Greens condemn Israel’s deliberate & continued campaign of attacking aid workers & aid agencies

4 April, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for International Aid & Global Justice Senator Mehreen Faruqi has backed the call of Zomi F...

Greens welcome ARC Bill calling it “a win for independent research”

21 March, 2024 - Today, the Senate passed the Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023 which establishes an ARC board that will decide ...

Faruqi reacts to Labor’s decision to reinstate UNRWA funding

15 March, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for International Aid and Global Justice Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to Minister Wong’s announc...

Faruqi calls on Wong to follow Canada, Sweden and restore funding to UNRWA immediately

10 March, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for International Aid and Global Justice Senator Mehreen Faruqi, is calling on the Labor government to&nb...