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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Uni Job Carnage Devastating But Predictable

3 February, 2021 - New figures released by Universities Australia today that more than 17,000 university jobs have been lost in the past year are devastating bu...

New early childhood data reveal costs, quality concerns

2 February, 2021 - The median cost of childcare is the highest it’s ever been and there are worrying signs for service quality, according to new figures from th...

Speech: Coal in the Hunter

2 February, 2021 - The Hunter Valley needs a new coal-fired power station like it needs a hole in the head. I have spent a lot of time in the Hunter Valley, and...

Speech: No gas-led recovery

2 February, 2021 - This morning the people's climate rally came to the lawns of Parliament House. They came to the people's house today to make sure that politi...

Speech: Trumpism and the Liberal Party

2 February, 2021 - I rise tonight to speak about the scourge of far Right extremism and its normalisation in our politics and our culture. A couple of weeks ago...

Childcare Expenses Back To Pre-Covid Levels

27 January, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the December quarter Consumer Price Index data released today b...

Tudge Shouldn’t Be A Minister, Let Alone Education Minister

18 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Alan Tudge’s appointment as Education Minister is a disturbing...

Alarm Bells On Housing Stress Must Spur Action

15 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson and Senator for NSW, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to a report by Equity Economics projecting...

Speech: Workplace safety

10 December, 2020 - The Greens support this motion. We have long called for federal laws on industrial manslaughter. Our workplace health and safety laws are br...

Speech: Cashless Debit Card extension

9 December, 2020 - Senator FARUQI (New South Wales) (12:14): I rise to speak on the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare...

Speech: Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020

9 December, 2020 - I rise to speak on the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020. This bill facilitates the ex...

Speech: Lessons from the NZ Royal Commission report into the Christchurch Massacres.

9 December, 2020 - This was a terrorist attack committed by an Australian man who, the report says, was driven by an extreme right-wing Islamophobic ideology. A...