Media Release 16/7/2018 Greens NSW MP and Spokesperson for the Status of Women, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has reacted to today’s news that the Queensland Government will introduce laws to decriminalise abortion in August. Dr Faruqi has called on the NSW Government to decriminalise abortion, or risk being the last state in Australia to reform […]
Greyhound Mass Grave at Marsden Park Shows Nothing Has Changed in Greyhound Racing Industry
Media Release 12/7/2018 Greyhound Mass Grave at Marsden Park Shows Nothing Has Changed in Greyhound Racing Industry Greens NSW MP and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC has commented on reports that the RSPCA NSW has uncovered greyhound mass grave at Marsden Park and seized a dozen greyhounds that were severely neglected. Dr Faruqi […]
Government Risking our Future by Refusing to Strengthen EPA: Greens MP
Greens NSW MP and Environment Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has reacted to the Auditor General’s critical report into the EPA, which highlights weaknesses in regulatory frameworks and practices in compliance and enforcement activities. Dr Faruqi said: “This report further erodes community confidence in our environmental regulator. It exposes yet more issues in a long […]
Greens secure WestConnex Inquiry
After years of community pressure for this disastrous, polluting tollroad project to be investigated, Greens Member for Newtown Jenny Leong MP, NSW Greens spokesperson on WestConnex and Dr Mehreen Faruqi, NSW Greens spokesperson on Transport, have welcomed this development believing it’s long overdue for the horrors of this project to be exposed. Jenny Leong MP […]
Question without notice: COMPULSORY ACQUISITIONS
Dr MEHREEN FARUQI (14:42): My question is directed to the Minister for Primary Industries, Minister for Regional Water, and Minister for Trade and Industry, representing the Minister for Health. For the expansion of the Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW Health has issued new acquisition notices to people who have yet to agree to sell their […]
Speech: Government accountability
Dr MEHREEN FARUQI (16:01): In moments of despair at the state of politics in New South Wales, I like to imagine the Premier accidentally redacting a birthday card to a friend, unsure how else to handle a document heading out of her office. There may be some dark joy in this image, but it is […]
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