Mehreen Faruqi
Mehreen Faruqi | |
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Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens | |
Assumed office 10 June 2022 | |
Leader | Adam Bandt |
Preceded by | Nick McKim and Larissa Waters |
Senator for New South Wales | |
Assumed office 15 August 2018 | |
Preceded by | Lee Rhiannon |
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
In office 19 June 2013 – 14 August 2018 | |
Preceded by | Cate Faehrmann |
Succeeded by | Cate Faehrmann |
Personal details | |
Born | Lahore, West Pakistan (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) | 8 July 1963
Nationality | Australian Pakistani (formerly) |
Political party | Greens |
Alma mater | University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore University of New South Wales |
Occupation | Environmental engineer |
Website | Official website |
Mehreen Saeed Faruqi (born 8 July 1963) is a Pakistani-born Australian politician and former engineer who has been a Senator for New South Wales since 15 August 2018, representing the Greens. She was chosen to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Lee Rhiannon, before being elected in her own right in 2019. She had previously served in the New South Wales Legislative Council between June 2013 and August 2018. Since June 2022, Faruqi has served as Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens.
Early life
Faruqi was born on 8 July 1963
Faruqi was one of three MPs in the 46th Parliament of Australia who graduated high school outside Australia (the others being Gladys Liu and Kristina Keneally), and one of eleven MPs who possessed a PhD (the others being Katie Allen, Fiona Martin, Anne Aly, Andrew Leigh, Daniel Mulino, Jess Walsh, Adam Bandt, Jim Chalmers, Anne Webster and Helen Haines).[5]
Career
Engineering career
Before her appointment to the Legislative Council, Faruqi had a 25-year career as a professional engineer and academic. She worked in positions in local government, consulting firms and higher education institutions in Australia and internationally. These included roles such as Manager of Environment and Services at
At the time she was appointed to the New South Wales parliament, she was Academic Director of the Master of Business and Technology Program and an associate professor at the Australian Graduate School of Management for UNSW.[2]
State politics
Faruqi joined the Greens in 2004 in Port Macquarie and ran as a candidate for the
In parliament, Faruqi held several portfolios for The Greens NSW: Animal Welfare, Drugs and Harm Minimisation, Environment, Lower Mid North Coast, Multiculturalism, Roads & Ports, Status of Women, Transport, Western Sydney, and Young People.[2]
Faruqi is a vocal
In February 2018, Faruqi attempted to block the Christian Friends of Israeli Communities from hosting an event on the basis of Israel's settlement policy in the West Bank.[10]
Faruqi resigned her position in the parliament after giving her farewell speech on 14 August 2018.[11]
Federal politics
On 25 November 2017, Faruqi defeated incumbent New South Wales Greens Senator
Faruqi was re-elected in the 2019 federal election, securing 8.7% of the state's vote, with a swing of 1.32 points in her favour.[15]
In Parliament, Faruqi has been a noted critic of horse racing and greyhound racing in Australia.[16][17] In 2021, Faruqi released a Horse Racing Transition Plan on Twitter,[18] and in 2023 proposed repurposing 'racetracks for green spaces and community facilities'.[19] Faruqi has been widely criticised by figures within the racing industry for her opposition to horse and greyhound racing.[20][21][22][23]
Following the 2022 federal election, Faruqi was elected as the Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens.[24]
Faruqi has been criticised for her investments in property.[25]
Following the
On 9 October 2023, Faruqi criticized the decision to illuminate
Subsequently, on Monday 6 November 2023, Faruqi led her
Key published works
- Harding, R, Hendriks, CM, and Faruqi, M. (2009). Environmental Decision-Making - Exploring complexity and context, Federation Press, Sydney. ISBN 9781862877481
- Faruqi, M. (2012). 'Embracing Complexity To Enable Change', in: D. Rigling Gallagher; N. Christiansen and P. Andrews; eds, Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook, Vol. 2, pp. 772–781, Sage, Thousand Oaks, California. ISBN 9781412981514
- Faruqi, Mehreen (2021). Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-76087-818-4.
Awards
- Judy Raper Award for Leadership in Engineering, UNSW School of Chemical Engineering (2013).[37]
- Edna Ryan Grand Stirrer Award (2017) for her tireless work on the Abortion Law Reform campaign, for "inciting others to challenge the status quo"[38]
- She was awarded Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam by the President of Pakistan in 2023.[39]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f "Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b Greens' Mehreen Faruqi an engineer with a vision of diversity, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- hdl:1959.4/62926. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Pathways to Parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Muslim Green set for tough test".
- ^ Corderoy, Amy (18 June 2014). "Greens launch push to decriminalise abortion in NSW". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Saulwick, Jacob (27 March 2014). "Barry O'Farrell to outsource thousands of jobs". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Saulwick, Jacob (4 April 2014). "WestConnex has a numbers issue: What are they?". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Greens MLC slams pro-Israel Christian group". The Australian Jewish News.
- ^ "Legislative Council Hansard – 14 August 2018 – Proof". Parliament of New South Wales. 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Lee Rhiannon loses NSW Greens preselection Senate spot to Mehreen Faruqi". ABC News. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "The New South Wales Parliament has selected Dr @MehreenFaruqi to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator @leerhiannon". Australian Senate. Twitter. 15 August 2018.
- ^ "First female Muslim senator Mehreen Faruqi sworn in". SBS News. 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Senate Results - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Cancelled Parade signals the clock is ticking for the Melbourne Cup". Australian Greens. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/mehreenfaruqi/status/1455316358556622848?lang=fi". X (formerly Twitter) (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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- ^ "Greens slammed over 'ridiculous' policy that would ban horse racing in Australia". 3AW. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Ransley, Ellen (20 December 2023). "'Ridiculous' plan to ban horse racing: Nick Williams hits back at Greens". News.com.au.
- ^ Waters, Brad (16 January 2023). "Pro-racing group Kick Up For Racing to take the battle to anti-racing forces". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/FellowesRacing/status/1191627893358694400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1191627893358694400%7Ctwgr%5E4dfebe37eb031488b68d45ab5f25976396d0ab28%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/superracing/melbourne-cup-trainer-hits-back-at-politician-for-embarrassing-attack-on-the-racing-industry/news-story/23ec72c8f8b56670442cbaec9dafd6b8". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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- ^ @adambandt (10 June 2022). "I thank my colleagues for their strong and continued support" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Massola, James (2 May 2023). "The Greens MPs who would lose out from the party's property tax changes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "'Unhinged and insensitive': Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi slammed over 'appalling' tweet claiming Queen led 'racist empire'". Sky News Australia. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Mehreen Faruqi's racism complaint over Pauline Hanson tweet accepted by Human Rights Commission". the Guardian. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/MehreenFaruqi/status/1711256118222319625". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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- ^ "Television interview - Sky News Afternoon Agenda | Prime Minister of Australia". www.pm.gov.au. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ Narunsky, Gareth. "A new low even for the Greens". www.australianjewishnews.com. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Steele-John". News.com.au. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Khaliq, Riyaz ul (6 November 2023). "'Heartless' Australian gov't faces tough questions over Palestine". AA. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Greens stage Senate walkout in protest for Palestinians, call on government to support Israel-Gaza ceasefire". ABC News. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Karp, Paul (6 November 2023). "Greens stage Senate walkout over Labor's Israel-Hamas war response". Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Steele-John". News.com.au. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Awards honour women in engineering". Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
- ^ "20th Edna Ryan Awards" (PDF). Legislative Council, NSW Parliament. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "President confers Pakistan civil awards on 253 personalities". Dunya News. Retrieved 8 April 2023.