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Sky News AU
7 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Mehreen Faruqi's anti-Israel act which ‘hijacked' the Senate was ‘disgraceful'
Shadow Attorney-General Julian Leeser says Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi's actions in the Senate were a 'disgrace'. Ms Faruqi took part in an anti-Israel protest during the opening ceremony of the Senate. 'I do think it says a lot about where the Greens have ended up,' Mr Leeser told Sky News host Steve Price. 'Senator Faruqi has the right to raise issues and questions in her role as a senator in the Senate using its normal processes, but to hijack the day, and to put forward her disgraceful sign, was reprehensible.'
Perth Now
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Perth Now
'Wrong side of history': senator hits out at sanction
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi has doubled down on her silent protest about the Israel-Gaza war, accusing parliament of "cracking down on black and brown women" after she was sanctioned by the upper house. As Governor-General Sam Mostyn delivered her speech in the upper house on Tuesday for the opening of the 48th parliament, Senator Faruqi held a sign that read: "Gaza is starving. Words won't feed them. Sanction Israel". The government's Senate leader Penny Wong introduced a motion on Wednesday to disapprove of the Greens senator's conduct. It also requests an apology for "unparliamentary conduct" in addition to not supporting her as a potential Senate representative on any delegation during this term. "What she wants most of all is attention," Senator Wong said. "Australians expect us, their elected representatives, to uphold our democratic institutions, to demonstrate a degree of respect for each other as they do, and a respect for our institutions." Labor and the coalition voted in favour of the sanction, while the Greens and WA senator Fatima Payman voted against it. Senator Faruqi accused her colleagues of being on the "wrong side of history" for a lack of action against Israel over its response in Gaza following the October 7 attack by Hamas in 2023. "You are more focused on cracking down on black and brown women," she said, before later accepting calls to withdraw the comment. "The Greens will not be silent as this genocide unfolds. "You will not be able to intimidate me or any of my colleagues, and we will never stop fighting for freedom, for Palestine." Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said people elected to the parliament have a responsibility to act like an adult. "There's a place for demonstrations, and it's not on the floor of the Senate or the House of Reps, for that matter," he told the ABC. Coalition Senate leader Michaelia Cash criticised the Greens senator for her "breach of respect". "It was deliberate, prolonged and clearly intended to politicise a solemn and ceremonial event," she said. "Rules without enforcement are meaningless ... and institutions without discipline become irrelevant." Pro-Palestinian protester Shane Bazzi was taken out of the upper house by security guards after he began shouting from the public gallery while the motion was being discussed. "Shame, shame," he yelled while being removed. Hundreds of protesters called for sanctions on Israel on the lawns of parliament during its opening with one woman arrested, according to the Australian Federal Police.
Sydney Morning Herald
01-07-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Mehreen Faruqi keeping mum after offloading landholding in Lahore
Much to the delight of Labor hacks, the Greens party room contains more than a few landlords, with their number only strengthened after voters purged the rabid renter Max Chandler-Mather from parliament. Now comes the news that NSW senator and deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi, once owner of four properties, appears to be whittling down her portfolio. CBD brought word last year that Faruqi had sold a four bedder in Port Macquarie for $920,000, taking home a tidy profit after nixing plans to bulldoze native trees and build two townhouses on the land. Now, according to parliamentary disclosures, Faruqi appears to be parting with a parcel of land in her home city of Lahore, Pakistan, where she grew up before migrating to Australia in the 1990s. The senator has held the 500-square-metre land holding since before she entered federal parliament back in 2018, after a five-year stint in the NSW upper house. And the reason for the sale? The good senator and her team didn't enlighten us. But Faruqi's Pakistani roots have long made her a target for all manner of nasty commentary. Last year, the Federal Court ruled that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson had racially vilified Faruqi in a tweet telling her senate colleague to 'go back to Pakistan'. No doubt such nastiness would've escalated had Faruqi replaced Adam Bandt as Greens leader. Instead, Larissa Waters ran unopposed, and in the race to be deputy, Faruqi beat Dorinda Cox, who promptly defected to Labor. Waters, for what it's worth, owns just one residential property in Brisbane. What Zoe did next As the political flotsam and jetsam continues to wash up following federal election '25, and long-standing staffers bail out of Canberra, the nation's former MPs have been contemplating their futures.
The Age
01-07-2025
- Business
- The Age
No, Zoe Daniel has not exited the stage
'But of all the places, I never thought it would take me into the heart of a federal election campaign. A savage, bruising and bloody campaign. And yet there I was, right in the guts of it with my best friend by my side, and not just as my best friend – but as my boss.' Intense times, indeed. 'The friendship stuff has that kind of Thelma and Louise vibe,' Pippos told us. Well, hopefully not with the same outcome, Ange. Daniel was more circumspect, telling us: 'Ange has persuasive powers. I'm looking forward to jumping up on stage with her and chatting all things politics, power and friendship. It'll be fun.' Meanwhile, Wilson has fired up LinkedIn to advertise for a new staffer. It's a safe bet that Pippos will not be applying. Landholding in Lahore Much to the delight of Labor hacks, the Greens party room contains more than a few landlords, with their ratio only strengthened after voters purged the rabid renter Max Chandler-Mather from parliament. Now comes the news that NSW senator and deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi, once owner of four properties, appears to be whittling down her portfolio. CBD brought word last year that Faruqi had sold a four-bedder in Port Macquarie for $920,000, taking home a tidy profit after nixing plans to bulldoze native trees and build two townhouses on the land. Loading Now, according to parliamentary disclosures, Faruqi appears to be parting with a parcel of land in her home city of Lahore, Pakistan, where she grew up, before migrating to Australia in the 1990s. The senator has held the 500-square-metre land holding since before she entered federal parliament back in 2018, after a five-year stint in the NSW upper house. And the reason for the sale? The good senator and her team didn't enlighten us. But Faruqi's Pakistani roots have long made her a target for all manner of nasty commentary. Last year, the Federal Court ruled that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson had racially vilified Faruqi in a tweet telling her Senate colleague to 'go back to Pakistan'. No doubt such nastiness would have escalated had Faruqi replaced Adam Bandt as Greens leader. Instead, Larissa Waters ran unopposed, and in the race to be deputy, Faruqi beat Dorinda Cox, who promptly defected to Labor. Waters, for what it's worth, owns just one residential property in Brisbane. Ten show comes 20th Network Ten has well and truly been in its flop era for some time. But killing off The Project doesn't seem to have reversed the decline. The network axed its nightly current affairs panel variety show last week after 16 years as part of a bold rebrand. On Monday, the new era dawned to much fanfare with the debut of 10 News+, hosted by Seven defectors Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. But the new offering landed with a whimper, drawing just 291,000 viewers, with a fair chunk of those watching the 5pm 10 News switching off once the new program started. Yes, it is early days, but 10 News+ was the 20th most-watched television show in the country on Monday night, hammered by the evening news on its commercial rivals at Nine (owner of this masthead) and Seven. And to further Ten's humiliation, Monday's numbers were down on The Project's year to date average of 350,000 viewers. Someone get Waleed Aly and Steve Price on the blower. Hitchcock and Brace's first outing featured a lengthy investigation into an Australian woman convicted of smuggling drugs in Taiwan, and an interview with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who confirmed that he would not be calling Donald Trump 'daddy' (if the pair ever actually get to meet). The show's anaemic opening night ratings didn't spark joy for Ten, but they did excite the network's commercial rivals, some of whom were gleefully briefing the numbers to journalists on Tuesday.
The Age
03-06-2025
- Politics
- The Age
Greens defector had confrontation with party after losing bid for leadership position
Senator Dorinda Cox had a heated discussion with her Greens colleagues after she won just three votes in her failed bid to become the party's deputy leader last month, creating a rift that ultimately contributed to her surprise defection to Labor on Monday. In the leadership contest in Melbourne on May 15, Cox ran against NSW senator Mehreen Faruqi to become second in charge to Larissa Waters, who replaced Adam Bandt as leader after he lost his seat at the federal election. Cox won just three of 12 votes. Faruqi was endorsed before the vote by the Blak Greens, an Indigenous advocacy group within the party that also wanted Cox, an Indigenous woman, to be stripped of her responsibilities for Indigenous policy. Cox was seen as a more moderate voice in the party than Faruqi, who is on the left flank of the minor party. After losing to Faruqi, Cox ran for the deputy whip position but lost to Queensland senator Penny Allman-Payne, who had already secured a role as the chair of the party room. Her frustration led to heated scenes in the party's leadership vote meeting at the Melbourne Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices, according to three Greens sources who described the meeting on the condition of anonymity. One source said Cox confronted Waters and told the new leader that she needed to 'grow a spine'. Another MP said the scenes were 'ugly' and unjustified, especially given Cox had not made clear to colleagues until late in the piece that she would run, meaning she had little chance of winning. This masthead contacted Cox and Waters' office about the interaction.
