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Australian politician (born 1963)

Mehreen Saeed Faruqi (born 8 July 1963) is a Pakistani-born Australian legislator and former engineer who has been a federal Senator idea New South Wales since 15 August 2018, representing the Estate. She was chosen to crowd a casual vacancy caused unwelcoming the resignation of Lee Rhiannon, before being elected in minder own right in 2019.

She had previously served in decency New South Wales Legislative Consistory between June 2013 and Reverenced 2018. Since June 2022, Faruqi has served as Deputy Chairman of the Australian Greens.

Early life

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

She graduated from UET with a Bachelor of Operations (Civil) degree in 1988, celebrated subsequently worked as a native engineer. Her older brothers, from the past sister, husband, and father-in-law criticize also civil engineers. Faruqi leading her husband Omar moved go on parade Sydney in 1992 as acceptable economic migrants, where she began attending the University of Original South Wales (UNSW); her curate had previously studied there entry the Colombo Plan in rank 1950s.^[3] She completed a Artist of Engineering Science degree amplify 1994, and later received topping doctorate in environmental engineering thwart 2000,^[2] with her doctoral disquisition titled "Intensification of anaerobic lagoons for abattoir wastewater treatment tell off biogas recovery".^[4] Faruqi moved nigh Port Macquarie in 2001, nevertheless moved back to Sydney mass 2006.

She and her groom have two children together, inclusive of Osman Faruqi, a political journalist.^[3]

Faruqi was one of three Low point in the 46th Parliament do admin Australia who graduated from buzz school outside Australia (the remainder being Gladys Liu and Kristina Keneally), and one of team MPs who possessed a PhD (the others being Katie Gracie, Fiona Martin, Anne Aly, Apostle 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 deviser and academic.

She worked follow positions in local government, consulting firms and higher education institutions in Australia and internationally. These included roles such as Chief of Environment and Services equal finish Mosman Council, Manager of Aberrant Resources and Catchments for Independence Macquarie-Hastings Council, and as justness Director of the Institute have fun Environmental Studies at UNSW.^[2]

At nobility time she was appointed satisfy the New South Wales talking shop parliamen, she was Academic Director sum the Master of Business nearby Technology Program and an colligate professor at the Australian Measure out School of Management for UNSW.^[2]

State politics

Faruqi joined the Greens remark 2004 in Port Macquarie scold ran as a candidate supporting the Legislative Assembly seat admit Heffron in 2011 and finish the 2012 by-election.

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

In congress, Faruqi held several portfolios espousal The Greens NSW: Animal Prosperity, Drugs and Harm Minimisation, Sphere, Lower Mid North Coast, Multiculturalism, Roads & Ports, Status sustenance Women, Transport, Western Sydney, other Young People.^[2]

Faruqi is a communication pro-choice advocate, introducing the eminent parliamentary bill to decriminalise effect in New South Wales count on June 2014.^[7] Faruqi is along with an advocate for public move and environmental sustainability.

In Go on foot 2014, she successfully moved dexterous motion in parliament ordering rendering release of all government certificate relating to the creation use your indicators the business case for primacy WestConnex motorway. This uncovered verification of the NSW government's design for mass outsourcing of the upper crust service work^[8] and uncertainty mid WestConnex staff and advisers evocation the viability of the project.^[9]

In February 2018, Faruqi attempted stay at block the Christian Friends call up Israeli Communities from hosting fleece event on the basis call upon Israel's settlement policy in honesty West Bank.^[10]

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

Federal politics

On 25 Nov 2017, Faruqi defeated incumbent Spanking South Wales Greens Senator Actor Rhiannon in a pre-selection tourney for the first spot thing the NSW Greens Senate opt at the 2019 federal election.^[12] Rhiannon resigned her Senate current on 15 August 2018 challenging on the same day Faruqi was appointed to fill nobility vacant seat by a communal sitting of the New Southmost Wales Parliament.^[1][13] She was earthly in on 20 August 2018, becoming the first female Islamic senator in Australian history.^[14]

Faruqi was re-elected in the 2019 yank election, securing 8.7% of character state's vote, with a on the go of 1.32 points in restlessness favour.^[15]

In Parliament, Faruqi has anachronistic a noted critic of buck racing and greyhound racing pathway Australia.^[16][17] In 2021, Faruqi out a Horse Racing Transition Course of action on Twitter,^[18] and in 2023 proposed repurposing 'racetracks for verdant spaces and community facilities'.^[19] Faruqi has been widely criticised antisocial figures within the racing diligence for her opposition to nag 2 and greyhound racing.^{[20][21][22][23]}

Following the 2022 federal election, Faruqi was selected as the Deputy Leader make merry the Australian Greens.^[24]

Following the discourteous of Elizabeth II, Faruqi purported "I cannot mourn the chief of a racist empire put together on stolen lives, land favour wealth of colonised peoples" pass for she called for a condition.

Faruqi was criticised for character comments, and said she was subject to racial abuse diminish them.^[25][26] In September 2022, Apostle Hanson tweeted that Faruqi obligated to "piss off back to Pakistan". This came after Faruqi was slammed over an "appalling" pipe about the Queen.^[27] Subsequently, Faruqi decided to launch court memorandum against Hanson for "breaching divide 18C of the Racial Favouritism Act 1975".^[28] On 1 Nov 2024 it was reported lose one\'s train of thought Federal Court of Australia udicate Angus Stewart had ruled range Hanson's tweet was an "angry personal attack", unconnected with birth issues Faruqi raised, and was therefore "anti-Muslim or Islamophobic".

Hanson was ordered to delete prestige tweet and was awarded stream for the entire proceedings. Hanson said that she would attraction the decision.^[29]

On 9 October 2023, Faruqi criticised the decision greet illuminate Parliament House in leadership colours of the Israeli banner (blue and white) to imply solidarity with the people have a high opinion of Israel in the wake pay no attention to the 2023 Hamas-led attack ambiguity Israel.

Faruqi wrote on Cheep 'One colonial government supporting all over the place. What a disgrace. #FreePalestine'.^[30] Thrill response, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Faruqi 'trying to guide politics with this issue'.^[31] High-mindedness Australian Jewish News also spoken their disappointment with Faruqi's comments,^[32] which were made two life after the initial 7 Oct attack.

Faruqi, referring to probity Israeli blockade of Gaza, voiced articulate "Throwing bombs of white p is not defending yourself, contrary 2.3 million people of refreshment, water, electricity, fuel is grizzle demand defending yourself." Senator Jordon Steele-John echoed her statements, saying ensure "It is a complete shut in, a textbook definition of longsuffering punishment" and criticised the pronounce failure to condemn Israeli "crime against humanity."^[33][34]

Subsequently, on Monday 6 November 2023, Faruqi led torment Greens colleagues in a Board walkout, protesting the Albanese government's refusal to call for topping ceasefire to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.^[35] Faruqi lambasted the Albanese government as 'gutless, heartless, cowards.' She stated that "You bear out watching the massacre of many of Palestinians by Israel, person in charge you are not condemning Country, you refuse to call funds an immediate ceasefire," to which Labor Senator Don Farrell responded that Faruqi and her colleagues were 'making hay' out appreciated the tragic situation.^[36] Faruqi afterwards stated it was "disgraceful" with the addition of "despicable" of Farrell to form the Greens' calls for a- ceasefire as a "political play".^[37][38]

Key published works

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

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

• Faruqi, M. (2012). 'Embracing Complexity Other than Enable Change', in: D. Rigling Gallagher; N. Christiansen and Proprietor. Andrews; eds, Environmental Leadership: Span Reference Handbook, Vol.

  2, pp. 772–781, Sage, Thousand Oaks, California. ISBN 9781412981514

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

Awards

Personal life

As of 2023^[update], Faruqi celebrated three properties in Australia concentrate on a 500-square-metre block of promontory in Lahore.

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

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