Melbourne
\nMehreen Faruqi, a Pakistani-origin woman today became the first Muslim female Senator to be sworn-in to Australia’s Parliament.<\/p>\n
Greens senator Faruqi was sworn-in less than a week after crossbench senator Fraser Anning called for curbs to Muslim migration and a “final solution” on immigration policy, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.<\/p>\n
“I’m here to shake up the status quo,” the 55-year-old Faruqi told reporters in Canberra.<\/p>\n
“If Senator Anning wants to come and have a chat to me and learn a thing or two about the beauty and richness of multicultural Australia he can knock on my door,” Faruqi was quoted as saying by the report.<\/p>\n
Faruqi replaces veteran senator Lee Rhiannon in the upper house.<\/p>\n
Faruqi migrated to Australia from Pakistan in 1992, representing the Greens in the New South Wales upper house since 2013.<\/p>\n
Faruqi said her “sleeves are rolled up” and she is ready to work.<\/p>\n
She described the Turnbull government as a “disaster” for the environment.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been challenging assumptions regarding racism, immigration and the value of multicultural Australia,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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