Rebel senator Fatima Payman has quit the Labor Party after creating a political firestorm with her decision to vote against the government over recognising Palestinian statehood.
Rebel senator Fatima Payman has quit the Labor Party after creating a political firestorm over her decision to vote against the government over recognising Palestinian statehood, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
“Witnessing our government’s indifference to the greatest injustice of our times makes me question the direction the party is taking. Druery has been working with an alliance of Muslim groups who have thrown their support behind Payman, following her decision on June 25 to cross the floor to vote with the Greens on the recognition of Palestinian statehood.
This masthead revealed on Monday that when Albanese summoned Payman to The Lodge, he told her to consider her position as an MP and remember she was in the Senate because of Labor.Labor MPs unanimously endorsed a motion to suspend Payman from the caucus until she decided she could “respect” party rules, after Albanese said he had shown “strength in compassion” by staring down Coalition demands to sack her.
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