Ed's Blog Men to take majority of tax cuts as women still fight for equal pay Any pay rises coming for women as a result of pay transparency can’t keep up with the tax cuts that are coming for men.
News & Views ‘Words don’t matter without accountability’: Mehreen Faruqi demands more accountability in the Senate Senator Mehreen Faruqi has called on the Senate to hold people accountable, following racist remarks by Pauline Hanson.
News & Views Mehreen Faruqi launches legal action against Pauline Hanson over tweet Senator Mehreen Faruqi has launched legal action against Pauline Hanson for tweeting that she should “pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan”.
News & Views ‘I’m the Senate leader, I still get triggered’: Penny Wong denounces Pauline Hanson Senator Wong delivered a speech in support of Greens Senator Mehreen Farqui, who had moved a censure motion against Hanson.
News & Views Senator Mehreen Faruqi considers lodging human rights complaint about Pauline Hanson Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi says Pauline Hanson could be referred to the Human Rights Commission.
News & Views Diversity brings much-needed lived experience into politics: Senator Mehreen Faruqi Senator Mehreen Faruqi says that the political powerful must be willing to stand aside if they really want to fight for diverse communities.
News & Views Mehreen Faruqi: Parliament’s proud migrant, Muslim woman working towards fundamental change Mehreen Faruqi knows a thing or two about facing vilification in the public eye, something she elaborates on in her new memoir Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud.
News & Views Mehreen Faruqi: Politics has real consequences for those who refuse to behave like white men Senator Mehreen Faruqi recently launched Michele Seminara’s new poetry collection Suburban Fantasy, delivering a powerful speech.
News & Views ‘Shocking hate crime’ in Western Australia prompts calls for far right extremism to be taken seriously In light of reports of a sickening act of racial violence in Western Australia, Senator Lidia Thorpe has said there are clear links between politics of hate and acts of hate.
News & Views ‘3 months on from Christchurch, we have to confront the rise and tolerance of far-right extremism’: Mehreen Faruqi What happened in Christchurch was no natural disaster. This was a planned attack, intended to strike terror into an entire country – and beyond.
Politics Teena McQueen’s most memorable moments from Q&A last night The Liberal Party’s Federal VP Teena McQueen sure knows how to make an impact, but is it one the Government would be happy with? Ummmm, we’re not so sure.
Politics ‘There’s a lot of reflection to be done’: Mehreen Faruqi calls on politicians to end war of division “Some politicians in Australia have for years been whipping up anti-muslim and anti-immigrant sentiment,” Faruqi told ABC Breakfast News this morning.
