• Australian Greens Senator for NSW
• Became a Senator on 18 August 2018 — unknown
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Bills: Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Triple Zero Custodian and Emergency Calling Powers) Bill 2025; Second Reading (27 Oct 2025)

“An absolute shame! My colleague here is absolutely right. I don't even know if there are words to describe what is happening in that privatised sector. That is what happens when successive governments stop believing in the public good and start worshipping at the altar of the market. And it continues. The Albanese government is dressing up privatisation with buzzwords like 'co-investment';...”

Bills: Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Triple Zero Custodian and Emergency Calling Powers) Bill 2025; Second Reading (27 Oct 2025)

“I rise to speak to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Triple Zero Custodian and Emergency Calling Powers) Bill 2025 and thank my colleague Senator Hanson-Young for all the work that she has done with and for the community after this devastating catastrophe. Telecommunications executives and the Labor government will have you believe that the Optus outage in September was a one-off,...”

Documents: National Climate Risk Assessment and National Adaptation Plan; Order for the Production of Documents (27 Oct 2025)

“When climate-wrecking corporations like BHP and Chevron are backing this government's EPBC reforms, that should tell you everything you .need to know about how much this government actually cares about the climate and the environment. When the government is forced to release key documents after keeping them secret and hidden for months and months about the existential climate risks we are...”

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Mehreen Faruqi's latest interest statementLast updated: 8 Mar 2023