NDTV | First female Muslim senator sworn in The New Daily Australia's first female Muslim senator has been sworn in to parliament, less than a week after a crossbencher's incendiary speech about immigration. Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi officially replaced factional rival Lee Rhiannon in the upper house ... Greens leader Richard Di Natale concedes party 'must do better' over sexual misconduct allegations Pak-Origin Mehreen Faruqi Becomes First Female Muslim Australian Senator Pakistani-origin becomes first female Muslim Australian senator |