Category: Greens Senators

Senator Dorinda Cox 🧵“It’s just an example of saying: we’re a big international company and we’re going to put these solar panels in the middle of your rock art but...

Senator Jordon Steele-John Today National Cabinet made the decision to scrap the mandatory Covid isolation period from Oct 14. Thankfully, iso still applies to workers in high-risk sectors like health,...

Mehreen Faruqi Tomorrow we rally in Sydney to join in solidarity with the thousands upon thousands of people out on the streets in Iran, protesting for their rights, for the...

Larissa Waters Was great to sit down for an interview with Astrid from the @JournabilityNws podcast this week. We covered everything from EVs to becoming a Republic in our chat,...

Peter Whish-Wilson And it’s three critically endangered cousins the Red, Spotted and Ziebell’s hand fish will go the same way if we don’t do more to protect them and their...

Mehreen Faruqi “Australians paid an extra $7.1bn in rent over the past 12 months, with the average renter spending $62 more a week..." Well done @MChandlerMather on highlighting this. Renters...

Mehreen Faruqi Over 900 people signed my open letter to PM Albanese & Minister Wong calling for increased aid to Pakistan following recent devastating floods. I delivered this letter yesterday...

Mehreen Faruqi Thrilled to be joining the 2nd Australian Muslim Writers Festival for ‘The Hallway Table’! Leave your shoes by the hallway table & join me & Annie McCann (@therightpenco)...

Nick McKim "The RBA has done enough: It would be reckless, heartless and dangerous to keep raising interest rates." - couldn't agree more @AlanKohler thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2022/0…"The RBA has done enough: It...

Mehreen Faruqi Yesterday in the Senate, I called for a moratorium on the breeding of greyhounds across Australia. If governments are not going to ban this vile industry just yet,...

Larissa Waters What fabulous news! Women starting to break the glass ceiling in the legal profession. Congratulations to Justice Jagot, who makes history with this appointment! You can’t be what...

Janet Rice We are now voting in the senate for pensioners to be able to earn more before their pensions are cut. This is being added to a bill that...

Mehreen Faruqi Tonight I’ll be speaking with The Project panel about why I moved a censure motion and made a complaint about Senator Hanson’s anti-migrant statement. From 6.30pm on 10...

Larissa Waters Motion passed! This inquiry will help to ensure people have access to legal, free and safe abortion, a full range of contraception options, and pregnancy care, no matter...

Janet Rice Cost of living is rising, Jobseeker is $40 a day below the poverty line and Labor and Liberal just voted to scrap COVID crisis payments for those on...

Mehreen Faruqi Today I spoke in the Senate about the plight of higher education workers. Specifically, about staff at Southern Cross University and the survey organised by @NTEUnion which revealed...