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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: Live exports

24 February, 2021 - I rise to take note of the document Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997—Livestock mortalities during export by sea—report for t...

Speech: International Women's Day

23 February, 2021 - On 8 March, millions of people across the world will be marking International Women's Day. We will look back and reflect on how far we've co...

Speech: Workers' Wages

23 February, 2021 -  I thank Senator Walsh for bringing this matter of public importance to the Senate. Over the last 40 years, Australia has gone from being on...

Speech: Global Solidarity and Human Rights Crises

17 February, 2021 - It has become easier over the last 12 months for many of us to forget about, or at least deprioritise, the struggles of oppressed people acr...

Speech: The Children of WorkChoices

17 February, 2021 - This government is full of the ideological children of John Howard. A fundamental project of the Liberal and National parties is shifting th...

Labor backflip would only benefit the rich

15 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said reports that Labor may scrap commitments to wind back negative gearin...

Greens welcome Labor’s rejection of PEP11

5 February, 2021 - The Australian Greens have welcomed Labor’s confirmation today that the party opposes the renewal of the Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP...

Racism in Australia not going away: Scanlon report

4 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-Racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the Scanlon Foundation’s Mapping Social Cohesion report for 2...

Speech: Liberal false equivalences on the far-right

4 February, 2021 - If you needed any more evidence that this government has absolutely no interest in grappling with the existential threat of far-Right extremi...

Speech: Our manufacturing future

4 February, 2021 - The Nationals claim to have a plan for manufacturing, but all this is is a plan for locking in a climate catastrophe and destroying the futur...

Speech: Shark fishing

3 February, 2021 - I rise tonight to speak about the global shark fin trade and inhumane practise of shark finning. For some years I have spoken out about shark...

Speech: Stopping the spread of far-right extremism

3 February, 2021 - I rise to speak on the matter of urgency before the chamber. As senators would know, this is an issue that is front of my mind as the Greens ...