Episode notes
Senator Mehreen Faruqi is a Greens Senator for NSW in the Australian Parliament. She is well regarded for her work on women's rights, human's rights, animal rights and multicultural platform. Mehreen is also the first Muslim woman to be elecetd into Federal parliament. Michelle Michels caught up with Mehreen at Renew Fest in Mullumbimby NSW in May 2021. The pivotal sustainability festival for the Northern Rivers. Mehreen speaks on the pressing topic of housing affordability and women's abortion rights, her contribution to getting abortions legalised in NSW in 2020 and animal rights.
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