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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: Higher education language teaching

8 December, 2020 - Universities are cutting courses and slashing jobs. The combined blows of COVID-19 and funding cuts are devastating. We should prioritise and...

Speech: No war

8 December, 2020 - I rise to speak to this matter of urgency. What happened in Afghanistan was the murder and torture of innocent people, even children, which l...

Statement On The NZ Royal Commission

8 December, 2020 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the publication of the report of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terroris...

Speech: Loyalty tests of Chinese-Australians

7 December, 2020 - The Greens support this motion. What Senator Abetz did was disgraceful. There is no doubt about that. Interrogating a person's loyalty to thi...

Speech: the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020

7 December, 2020 - I rise to speak on the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020 and associated bills, and I want to associate myself with the remarks made by ...

Amendments: Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020

3 December, 2020 - Exclude universities from the legislation I move: (1) Clause 7, page 9 (lines 6 and 7), omit paragraph (7) (e). (2) Clause 7, page 9 (after ...

Speech: Migrant workers and the gig economy

2 December, 2020 - I would like to speak tonight about the recent tragic deaths and serious injuries of food delivery workers in Sydney and across the country. ...

Speech: Climate crisis & colonialism

1 December, 2020 - I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Leader of the Government in the Senate representing the Prime Minister (Senator ...

Speech: Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020

30 November, 2020 - I rise to speak to the Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020. The Greens will be opposing this ill-thou...

Speech: JobMaker Hiring Credit Bill - Consideration of House of Representatives Message

12 November, 2020 - The Greens have a very strong position that the Senate should insist on its amendments to this Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Cr...

Speech: Funding education to create jobs

12 November, 2020 - The Greens support this motion. With hundreds of thousands of jobs lost and more than a million people unemployed and already stagnant wages...

Uni Enrolment Slump Reveals Gendered Downturn

12 November, 2020 - The Greens have responded to new ABS data showing an alarming drop in women studying at university in 2020 as compared to 2019. Senator Mehr...