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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

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...

“No photo ops this year" - Faruqi backs in calls by the Muslim community to boycott Labor this Ramadan

28 February, 2024 - With Ramadan around the corner, Greens Deputy Leader Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Labor Party to think twice about showing up to...

Greens move to immediately reinstate UNRWA funding amid humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

27 February, 2024 - Today the Greens moved to suspend Senate Standing Orders to insist Labor immediately reinstate essential, live-saving UNRWA funding to Gaza ...

Greens welcome National Student Ombudsman, but it must have teeth

23 February, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, and Greens Senate leader Senator Larissa Waters welcome the announcement today that...

Greens welcome National Student Ombudsman, but it must have teeth

23 February, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, and Greens Senate leader Larissa Waters welcome the announcement today that educati...

Greens call on Labor to act on campus sexual violence with urgency

22 February, 2024 - Six years on from the AHRC’s Change the Course report recommendation to set up specialised bodies that tackle sexual violence on campuses, a...

End live sheep export: Labor government must legislate the date in this term

20 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi joined animal advocates in Perth where National Cabinet  me...

Wong UNRWA admission shows Minister’s recklessness on Palestine

9 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Aid and Global Justice spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has questioned Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Won...

Wong UNRWA admission shows Minister’s recklessness on Palestine

9 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Aid and Global Justice spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has questioned Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Won...