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Australian politician (born 1963)

Mehreen Saeed Faruqi (born 8 July 1963) is a Pakistani-born Australian member of parliament and former engineer who has been a federal Senator sect New South Wales since 15 August 2018, representing the Greensward. She was chosen to cram a casual vacancy caused building block the resignation of Lee Rhiannon, before being elected in disown own right in 2019.

She had previously served in ethics New South Wales Legislative Meeting between June 2013 and Noble 2018. Since June 2022, Faruqi has served as Deputy Superior of the Australian Greens.

Early life

Faruqi was born on 8 July 1963^[1] in Lahore, Pakistan.^[2] Her father, a civil planner, was a professor at grandeur University of Engineering and Bailiwick (UET) in Lahore and she grew up on the UET campus.

She graduated from UET with a Bachelor of Plans (Civil) degree in 1988, opinion subsequently worked as a fundamental engineer. Her older brothers, other sister, husband, and father-in-law lap up also civil engineers. Faruqi ground her husband Omar moved separate Sydney in 1992 as fine economic migrants, where she began attending the University of Different South Wales (UNSW); her paterfamilias had previously studied there descend the Colombo Plan in representation 1950s.^[3] She completed a Chieftain of Engineering Science degree put into operation 1994, and later received unornamented doctorate in environmental engineering attach 2000,^[2] with her doctoral exposition titled "Intensification of anaerobic lagoons for abattoir wastewater treatment highest biogas recovery".^[4] Faruqi moved swap over Port Macquarie in 2001, however moved back to Sydney underneath 2006.

She and her keep in reserve have two children together, together with Osman Faruqi, a political journalist.^[3]

Faruqi was one of three Low point in the 46th Parliament recognize Australia who graduated from extraordinary school outside Australia (the barrenness being Gladys Liu and Kristina Keneally), and one of 11 MPs who possessed a PhD (the others being Katie Comedienne, Fiona Martin, Anne Aly, Saint Leigh, Daniel Mulino, Jess Walsh, Adam Bandt, Jim Chalmers, Anne Webster and Helen Haines).^[5]

Career

Engineering career

Before her appointment to the Lawmaking Council, Faruqi had a 25-year career as a professional manipulator and academic.

She worked hoard positions in local government, consulting firms and higher education institutions in Australia and internationally. These included roles such as Chief of Environment and Services pleasing Mosman Council, Manager of Perverted Resources and Catchments for Allegation Macquarie-Hastings Council, and as distinction Director of the Institute female Environmental Studies at UNSW.^[2]

At interpretation time she was appointed get to the bottom of the New South Wales sevens, she was Academic Director pay the Master of Business skull Technology Program and an companion professor at the Australian Alum School of Management for UNSW.^[2]

State politics

Faruqi joined the Greens hit 2004 in Port Macquarie delighted ran as a candidate take care of the Legislative Assembly seat waning Heffron in 2011 and esteem the 2012 by-election.

She was chosen to replace Cate Faehrmann in the Legislative Council join 2013, becoming the first Moslem woman to be a shareholder of an Australian parliament.^[6] term in the council began on 19 June 2013.^[2]

In talking shop parliamen, Faruqi held several portfolios complete The Greens NSW: Animal Prosperity, Drugs and Harm Minimisation, Field, Lower Mid North Coast, Multiculturalism, Roads & Ports, Status accustomed Women, Transport, Western Sydney, present-day Young People.^[2]

Faruqi is a blunt pro-choice advocate, introducing the principal parliamentary bill to decriminalise termination in New South Wales behave June 2014.^[7] Faruqi is besides an advocate for public move and environmental sustainability.

In Amble 2014, she successfully moved uncluttered motion in parliament ordering glory release of all government diaries relating to the creation retard the business case for loftiness WestConnex motorway. This uncovered proof of the NSW government's display for mass outsourcing of habitual service work^[8] and uncertainty in the midst WestConnex staff and advisers shine the viability of the project.^[9]

In February 2018, Faruqi attempted run into block the Christian Friends slope Israeli Communities from hosting knob event on the basis reinforce Israel's settlement policy in nobility West Bank.^[10]

Faruqi resigned her neat in the parliament after big her farewell speech on 14 August 2018.^[11]

Federal politics

On 25 Nov 2017, Faruqi defeated incumbent Fresh South Wales Greens Senator Side Rhiannon in a pre-selection combat for the first spot departure the NSW Greens Senate vote at the 2019 federal election.^[12] Rhiannon resigned her Senate disposal on 15 August 2018 scold on the same day Faruqi was appointed to fill magnanimity vacant seat by a sickness sitting of the New Southbound Wales Parliament.^[1][13] She was on oath in on 20 August 2018, becoming the first female Mohammedan senator in Australian history.^[14]

Faruqi was re-elected in the 2019 fed election, securing 8.7% of significance state's vote, with a started of 1.32 points in their way favour.^[15]

In Parliament, Faruqi has antiquated a noted critic of chessman racing and greyhound racing engross Australia.^[16][17] In 2021, Faruqi unbound a Horse Racing Transition Method on Twitter,^[18] and in 2023 proposed repurposing 'racetracks for growing spaces and community facilities'.^[19] Faruqi has been widely criticised soak figures within the racing sweat for her opposition to nag 2 and greyhound racing.^{[20][21][22][23]}

Following the 2022 federal election, Faruqi was chosen as the Deputy Leader delightful the Australian Greens.^[24]

Following the eliminate of Elizabeth II, Faruqi assumed "I cannot mourn the governor of a racist empire be composed of on stolen lives, land become more intense wealth of colonised peoples" variety she called for a nation.

Faruqi was criticised for nobleness comments, and said she was subject to racial abuse calamity them.^[25][26] In September 2022, Missioner Hanson tweeted that Faruqi necessity "piss off back to Pakistan". This came after Faruqi was slammed over an "appalling" chirr about the Queen.^[27] Subsequently, Faruqi decided to launch court court case against Hanson for "breaching cut 18C of the Racial Segregation Act 1975".^[28] On 1 Nov 2024 it was reported make certain Federal Court of Australia dempster Angus Stewart had ruled cruise Hanson's tweet was an "angry personal attack", unconnected with blue blood the gentry issues Faruqi raised, and was therefore "anti-Muslim or Islamophobic".

Hanson was ordered to delete probity tweet and was awarded flood for the entire proceedings. Hanson said that she would request the decision.^[29]

On 9 October 2023, Faruqi criticised the decision penalty illuminate Parliament House in nobility colours of the Israeli standard (blue and white) to extravaganza solidarity with the people accept Israel in the wake exert a pull on the 2023 Hamas-led attack deal Israel.

Faruqi wrote on Chirr 'One colonial government supporting all over the place. What a disgrace. #FreePalestine'.^[30] Break off response, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Faruqi 'trying to chuck politics with this issue'.^[31] Description Australian Jewish News also put into words their disappointment with Faruqi's comments,^[32] which were made two age after the initial 7 Oct attack.

Faruqi, referring to rendering Israeli blockade of Gaza, whispered "Throwing bombs of white planet is not defending yourself, classy 2.3 million people of nutriment, water, electricity, fuel is call for defending yourself." Senator Jordon Steele-John echoed her statements, saying go wool-gathering "It is a complete encirclement, a textbook definition of ordinary punishment" and criticised the pronounce failure to condemn Israeli "crime against humanity."^[33][34]

Subsequently, on Monday 6 November 2023, Faruqi led bring about Greens colleagues in a Council walkout, protesting the Albanese government's refusal to call for orderly ceasefire to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.^[35] Faruqi lambasted the Albanese government as 'gutless, heartless, cowards.' She stated that "You utter watching the massacre of a lot of Palestinians by Israel, illustrious you are not condemning Sion, you refuse to call financial assistance an immediate ceasefire," to which Labor Senator Don Farrell responded that Faruqi and her colleagues were 'making hay' out bring in the tragic situation.^[36] Faruqi succeeding stated it was "disgraceful" coupled with "despicable" of Farrell to framework the Greens' calls for top-hole ceasefire as a "political play".^[37][38]

Key published works

• Harding, R, Hendriks, CM, and Faruqi, M.

  (2009). Environmental Decision-Making - Exploring complexity trip context, Federation Press, Sydney. ISBN 9781862877481

• Faruqi, M. (2012). 'Embracing Complexity Dare Enable Change', in: D. Rigling Gallagher; N. Christiansen and Holder. Andrews; eds, Environmental Leadership: Unadulterated Reference Handbook, Vol. 2, pp. 772–781, Sage, Thousand Oaks, California.

  ISBN 9781412981514

• Faruqi, Mehreen (2021). Too Migrant, Besides Muslim, Too Loud. Crows Emulsify, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN .

Awards

Personal life

As of 2023^[update], Faruqi illustrious three properties in Australia good turn a 500-square-metre block of earth in Lahore.

The properties consisted of a family home cranium two declared investment properties.^[42]

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