Mehreen Faruqi

Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for NSW.

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[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

I'm a woman. I'm a migrant. I'm muslim. I'm a mother.

I'm Mehreen Faruqi. This is my story.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

The Greens will always fight for students and those who are doing it tough.

We've kept up the pressure on Labor to wipe student debt and it's clear they're more worried than ever before.

Change is possible, but only if you vote for it.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

I'm excited to be launching the Greens plan to wipe ALL student debt with @SamanthaRatnam in Wills today.

For people with student debt, our plan will put $5,500 directly back into their pockets a year – meaning they can spend money on the things they need.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

That's why the Greens have a plan to take on price-gouging corporations and fossil fuel giants to make sure they pay their fair share of tax so we can wipe ALL student debt and make TAFE and Uni free for all, just like it was for the Prime Minister.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

Let’s make sure everyone can access fee free TAFE. Why limit it to 100,000 places?

And while we are at it, Labor should adopt another Greens policy- make uni free.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

Another Greens policy adopted by Labor, it seems, but not fully.

Isn’t this less than what they offer now?

Let’s legislate it now, not after the election.

[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

“When Kamala Harris became the vice-president, the emotion that I felt then was one of celebration," @MehreenFaruqi tells Aarti Betigeri.

“But diversity on face value is not enough if you still represent the system that keeps people in poverty." https://t.co/E7Rnk4m6Me

[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

“Representation matters, but what you represent matters too… I’m deeply uncomfortable with the system that Kamala Harris represents if she wins, because I have seen no indication from her of changing the system,” @MehreenFaruqi tells Aarti Betigeri. https://t.co/0c73jQb4P6

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

Gut the NDIS and then jump ship to get that sweet VC gig at Uni of Canberra.

Long live the revolving door of the boys club networks 😡

Cap VC pay now.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

FTFY

➡️ Ignoring people’s cost of living struggles in favour of billionaire buddies
➡️ Making people wait until 2025 for super on PPL
➡️ Refusing to wipe all student debt
➡️ Won’t fully fund frontline services 
➡️ Ensuring no future in Aus by approving new coal & gas

[Anthony Albanese @AlboMP]

➡️ Helping with the cost of living.
➡️ Paying super on paid parental leave.
➡️ Wiping $3 billion of student debt.
➡️ Protecting women and children from deepfakes.
➡️ Creating secure jobs with a Future Made in Australia.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

What Labor is proposing is trimming around the edges, throwing around fancy numbers and pretending to help ordinary people when they’re not.

We can all see through the Labor mirage.

The Greens are the only party with a genuine commitment to wipe student debt.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

Labor’s student debt relief bill is nothing more than a PR stunt, not genuine cost-of-living relief.

Labor steals our lines about wiping student debt, because they know it's what people want, but they are really just tinkering with indexation. 🧵

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

The same goes for Labor’s measly offering to students on mandatory unpaid placements.

All students required to do a placement must get paid. Not a lesser supplementary amount, but at the very least, minimum wage.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

Student debt is another cost for millions of people trying to make ends meet.

A cost that can & should be erased if Labor just wiped student debt entirely.

It just shows Labor doesn’t really care about helping people cope in a cost-of-living crisis.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

That’s strange because it was your government that just voted against a Greens motion in the Senate to sanction Israel.

You know, the genocidal state that has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians.

[Senator Penny Wong @SenatorWong]

As we mark 75 years of the Geneva Conventions, we reaffirm Australia’s enduring commitment to international humanitarian law.

The Conventions are crucial to protecting those who suffer the most in conflict, especially civilians.

We continue to press all states to adhere to IHL.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

Who signed off on this?

People are drowning in student debt, crying out for relief while their dreams of owning a home or starting a family are crushed - & a PM who went to uni for free is crowing over shaving off a tiny bit of debt indexation.

Way to rub it in.

[Anthony Albanese @AlboMP]

We're wiping $3 billion in student debt for more than 3 million Australians.

[Omar Sakr @omarsakrpoet]

When I said I’m going to do everything in my power to ensure Labor lose in Western Sydney, I meant it. I joined the Greens and I’ll be at this community BBQ and door knock training with @MehreenFaruqi this weekend to speak on it. https://t.co/E0zsokHVc9

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

The slaughter could end today if the US and Australia really wanted it to end. They have the power to cut off Israel’s support - and yet they refuse.

And with every passing day, more Palestinians are killed.

We will never forget. We will never forgive.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

It is the greatest shame of our time, a blight on our collective conscience, that this genocide has been allowed to go on for 300 days, and Israel has been allowed to slaughter Palestinians day after day after day.

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

Labor loves to talk about defending the “rules-based international order” - well where is their condemnation of Israel bombing Beirut? Or striking Iran?

Why don’t the rules apply to Israel?