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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Greens support call to investigate animal cruelty in Tasmanian salmon farming

8 September, 2026 - Animals Australia is calling on Biosecurity Tasmania to investigate Tasmania's major salmon farm operators - Huon Aquaculture, Tassal Group ...

Labor refuses to follow UK in moving to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements

8 September, 2026 - The Albanese Labor Government has refused to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements. This follows an announcement that the UK is moving ...

Bird Flu Funding Must Support Vets

28 August, 2026 - Responding to the announcement yesterday of an additional $125 million by the Commonwealth Government to support the response to H5 bird flu, ...

‘No surprise’ that Israel clears soldiers that murdered Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom

20 August, 2026 - Responding to the news that Israel has cleared soldiers over criminal wrongdoing in the murder of Zomi Frankcom and her World Central Kitchen ...

Full Court of the Federal Court confirms landmark ruling on racism

27 July, 2026 - The Full Court of the Federal Court has today unanimously dismissed Senator Hanson's appeal against the ruling that she breached s 18C of the&nb...

Podcast pulls mask off Hanson’s billionaire-funded hatred

17 July, 2026 - Lines attributable to Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Acting Leader of the Australian Greens: “Pauline Hanson’s on a holiday with a billionaire, spou...

Labor using disabled kids and families to balance the budget

16 July, 2026 - Reporting today confirms that Labor’s NDIS cuts will be disastrous for disabled kids and autistic people, with almost 145,000 autistic people to...

Labor votes down Greens Bill that would halve the cost of an arts degree

1 July, 2026 - Labor, the Liberals, and One Nation have this morning voted against a Greens Bill that would have reversed the fee hikes of the disastrous job-re...

'Social cohesion' is a fantasy when the Government imposes hierarchies of racism

30 June, 2026 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, has responded to the Albanese Government’s laun...

Debt spiral on $50,000 arts degrees to get worse as indexation hits

1 June, 2026 - Student debt will increase by over $1 billion today, as students and graduates already struggling with skyrocketing uni fees and the cost of livi...