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Mehreen Faruqi
Deputy Leader & Senator for NSW

Speech: Victims of the bushfires can't wait

15 June, 2020 - I rise to speak on this matter of public importance. The devastating bushfires of last summer ripped through communities across the country. Liv...

Over 5600 local jobs to rebuild Eden-Monaro from bushfires and COVID-19

13 June, 2020 - Unemployed people in Eden-Monaro would have meaningful work under The Greens’ plan to recover from the coronavirus economic shock in a visionary...

Speech: Government Live Exports Motion

12 June, 2020 - The Greens oppose this motion. The live animal export trade is an industry built on cruelty and on so-called standards that guarantee the horrif...

Speech: Childcare

11 June, 2020 - I can honestly say that I would not have been able to complete my masters and PhD, nor embark on a career in engineering or academia, and then e...

Speech: The Black Lives Matter Movement

11 June, 2020 - I rise to make a statement on Black Lives Matter and our work for justice. Over the last couple of weeks, a global antiracist movement has re-em...

Greens Push To Support Unis Defeated By One Vote

10 June, 2020 - The Australian Senate has narrowly voted down a Greens motion to disallow parts of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benef...

Speech: Black Lives Matter Protests

10 June, 2020 - I proudly attended the Black Lives Matter rally in Sydney on unceded Gadigal land on Saturday 6 June. I attended the rally to show solidarity wi...

Speech: Disallowance of Uni Exclusion from JobKeeper

10 June, 2020 - I move: That items 5 to 7 of Schedule 1 of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2020, made ...

Speech: Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations (Special Appropriation) Bill 2019

10 June, 2020 - I rise to speak to the Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations (Special Appropriation) Bill 2019. The bill provid...

Speech: Taking Note of Response to Childcare Questions

10 June, 2020 - I was deeply disappointed, but not entirely surprised, to see free child care scrapped by this government after just two months. Ending free chi...

Granite Benchtop Grants will worsen the homelessness crisis

4 June, 2020 - The Greens have responded to the Morrison government’s ‘granite benchtop grant’ announcement today, saying its HomeBuilder scheme will use public...

Public Housing, Not 'Granite Benchtop Grants', Should Drive Construction Stimulus

2 June, 2020 - The Greens have said that the construction of public and community housing should drive construction stimulus, not ill-conceived and unnecessary ...