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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Second live export voyage shows the craven live export industry prevails over animal welfare concerns

5 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has expressed grave concerns over news the department has approve...

Minister Watt must get animals off this ship of misery now

1 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Labor government to get animals off the MV Bahi...

Minister Watt must get animals off this ship of misery now.

1 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Labor government to get animals off the MV Bahi...

‘Enough is enough’ - Greens call on the Labor government to urgently get animals off the MV Bahijah

30 January, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Labor government to intervene urgently and get ...

“End the blatant hypocrisy” - Faruqi calls on Wong to restore funding to UNRWA

29 January, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for International Aid and Global Justice, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has urged the Labor government to reve...

Stage 3 was designed to turbocharge inequality: Greens

24 January, 2024 - The Greens have said that given the Stage 3 tax cuts were designed to worsen economic inequality in Australia, Labor would have to make some ...

Greens say Stage 3 blowout shows tax cuts for the rich will boost inequality and inflation, must be cancelled

23 January, 2024 - The Greens have urged the Treasurer to scrap the Stage 3 tax cuts, arguing that they will see two thirds of taxpayers on lower incomes pay mo...

Labor Government must immediately stop live export trade through conflict zones

22 January, 2024 - Acting Greens Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Government to step in and stop all live export ...

Australia must support the ICJ genocide case against Israel

18 January, 2024 - Anthony Albanese must publicly back South Africa’s proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice, the Greens say, writing ...

Student Safety Ombudsman Must Have Teeth

17 November, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, and Senator Larissa Waters welcome reports today that a national ombudsman on stude...

Senator Mehreen Faruqi’s statement on Senator Pauline Hanson

9 November, 2023 - “The Senate has rightly forced Senator Hanson to withdraw her unacceptable racist comments and held her to account for once. “This should ...

Greens boycott Question Time after Labor rejects ceasefire call on Gaza

6 November, 2023 - Monday November 6 2023 Today in Parliament the Labor Government again refused to support a call from the Greens for an immediate ceasefire...