• Australian Greens Senator for NSW
• Became a Senator on 18 August 2018 — unknown
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How Mehreen Faruqi voted on key issues since 2006:

• Voted very strongly for tobacco plain packaging. votes
• Voted very strongly for a carbon price. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
• Voted very strongly against the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. votes
• Voted very strongly for implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
• Voted very strongly against regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing marine conservation. votes
• Voted very strongly against unconventional gas mining. votes
• Voted very strongly for restricting foreign ownership. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
• Voted very strongly for more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing funding for university education. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites. votes
• Voted very strongly against live animal exports. votes
• Voted very strongly against decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing funding for road infrastructure. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing fishing restrictions. votes
• Voted moderately for encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing surveillance powers. votes
• Voted moderately for increasing consumer protections. votes
• Voted very strongly against offshore processing of asylum seekers. votes
• Voted very strongly against decreasing ABC and SBS funding. votes

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Bills: Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020; Second Reading (25 Feb 2021)

“As I was saying earlier, academic freedom is essential to our universities. University staff must be free to conduct their teaching and research and must feel comfortable testing and extending the boundaries of academic debate and inquiry. Simply put, our universities should be places where the envelope can be pushed and mainstream thinking can be really challenged. Indeed, some of the great...”

Bills: Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020; Second Reading (25 Feb 2021)

“I rise to speak on the Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020. This bill amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to provide a new definition of academic freedom that enshrines in law principles of freedom of expression and substitutes the existing term 'free intellectual inquiry' in relevant provisions with the term 'freedom of speech and academic freedom' to...”

Adjournment: Members of Parliament: Staff (23 Feb 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 come on gender equity. The sobering fact is that we will not see gender parity in our lifetime or our children's lifetime. On current tracking, it will take four to five generations to close the global gender gap. As a woman and as a feminist, that is...”

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• Has spoken in 130 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 199 times in debates — average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Mehreen Faruqi's latest interest statementLast updated: 4 Mar 2020