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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

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...

Time for Federal Govt to follow States’ lead on early childhood education

13 June, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has called on the Federal Government to show leadership in the...

Millions worse off today because of Labor

1 June, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has slammed the Labor Government, who are today responsible for...

Student debt could rise by 15% in two years of Labor Government

24 May, 2023 - On June 1 2022, student debts were indexed by 3.9%. On June 1 2023, student debts will be indexed by 7.1% Based on the CPI forecasts in the Ma...

Greens urge Government to act on ARC Review

19 May, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has written to the Minister of Education, Jason Clare MP, urgin...

Budget offers next to nothing on Education

11 May, 2023 - Responding to this week’s budget, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education Spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi said: “It's beyo...

Government report confirms abject failures in live export regulation

10 May, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare has responded to a new government repo...

Speech: We Need a Republic

10 May, 2023 - As the Australian Greens' new spokesperson for a republic, I want to be unequivocal about our commitment for Australia to become a republic hand ...

Speech: The Housing Australia Future Fund

9 May, 2023 - I rise to speak to Labor's housing package. Before getting into the details of Labor's policy, I want to say that housing is totally cooked in thi...

Speech: The Nakba Catastrophe

9 May, 2023 - Monday 15 May will mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the catastrophe that saw the violent expulsion of approximately three-quarters of all P...