Dr Mehreen Faruqi is the Greens NSW spokesperson on multiculturalism.
Multiculturalism
MOTION: Four Years of “PNG” Solution
Dr Faruqi to move— 1. That this House notes that: (a) 19 July 2017 marked four years since the then Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the ‘PNG solution’ to establish an offshore detention centre on Manus Island, (b) at the time, Mr Rudd declared that any asylum-seeker who arrives in Australia by boat would […]
Motion: Four years of “PNG Solution”
Dr Faruqi to move: That this house notes that: 19th July 2017 marked four years since the then Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the “PNG solution” to establish an offshore detention centre on Manus Island. At the time, Mr. Rudd declared that any asylum-seeker who arrives in Australia by boat will have no chance […]
MOTION: THIRD ANNUAL UNITY IN DIVERSITY FESTIVAL
Dr MEHREEN FARUQI ( 10:11 ): I move: (1)That this House notes that: (a)the third annual Unity in Diversity festival was held in Newcastle on 1 July 2017; (b)the festival is an initiative of the Newcastle Unity in Diversity group, which comprises members of Refugee Action Network Newcastle, Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors […]
Speech – Citizenship Laws
Citizenship Laws Dr MEHREEN FARUQI ( 18:00 :05 ): The Federal Government is looking to make sweeping changes to citizenship laws, which will hurt thousands of people who are working, studying and raising families in Australia. The changes are utterly unnecessary. It seems that these laws are just about targeting migrants, even though more than […]
Notice of Motion – AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ETHNOCULTURAL WEEK
Dr MEHREEN FARUQI ( 11:05 ): I move: (1) That this House notes that: (a) the inaugural Ethnocultural Week at the Australian National University [ANU] was held from 8 to 12 May 2017 at the ANU campus in Canberra; (b) the theme of the week was “New Blue”, a play on the term “True Blue”; […]
Notice of Motion: Shakti Australia
INTEGREAT WOMEN’S CONFERENCE Dr MEHREEN FARUQI ( 10:02 ): I move: (1)That this House notes that: (a)the inaugural InteGreat Women’s Conference, organised by Shakti Australia, was held on Wednesday 17 May 2017 in Parramatta; (b)the objective of this conference was to work towards a holistic approach for the self-development and social inclusion of migrant and refugee […]
Notice of Motion: Keep 18C
1261. Dr Faruqi to move— 1. That this House notes that: (a) on 21 March 2017, which was the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Commonwealth Government announced that it intended to remove the words ‘offend’, ‘insult’ and ‘humiliate’ from Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 and replace them with […]
NSW Liberals Refuse to Rule Out Preferencing One Nation
Media Release 22/2/2017 The NSW Liberals and Nationals have objected to a Greens NSW motion in the NSW Legislative Council calling on all parties to rule out preference deals with One Nation at the 2019 State election. Greens NSW MP and Multiculturalism Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has said that this is a worrying sign […]
Harmony Day 2017
Harmony Day, 21 March 2017 is a chance for Greens NSW local groups to reach out to their local community. Some suggestions for Local Group activities (download a PDF of this document – print double sided with two sheets per page on short edge for double sided A5) In the Community Find out if there is […]
Notice of Motion: DIASPORA SYMPOSIUM: REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKER DISCOURSE
Dr MEHREEN FARUQI ( 10:08 ): I move: (1)That this House notes that: (a)the Diaspora Symposium: Refugees and Asylum Seeker Discourse was held in Parliament House on 11 October 2016; and (b)the symposium provided an opportunity to recognise feminist and refugee perspectives on social justice and human rights issues through poetry, music, and conversation. (2)That this […]
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