Fatima Payman resigns from Labor 'with a heavy heart, but a clear conscience'
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Published 2024-07-03
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indefinitely suspended the Western Australian senator from the Labor caucus on Sunday after she vowed in an interview to continue crossing the floor of parliament in support of Palestinian statehood.
The prime minister had previously banned Payman from a single party room meeting after she broke ranks last week to vote in favour of a Greens motion calling for Australia to formally recognise a Palestinian state.
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All Comments (21)
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BRAVO 👍 BRAVE HEART ❤️
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"It was calculated" is the sort of accusation only a party machine man would concoct, applying his own twisted mentality
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Greens will scoop her up.
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We need more people like Fatima.
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Senator Payman represents a large body of Australians who are disenfranchised by both Labor and LNP. aS As a Senator its her right to vote her way.
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Such a strong women
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I like Fatima's Australian accent!
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Whether or not we agree with her stance, it is refreshing to see an elected politician operate from conscience rather than to toe the party line.
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I think she is a better leader than our Prime Minister. What a shame, our Prime Minister is not a leadership material.
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bravo Senator Payman
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A very articulate brilliant Senator who will be as effective as an Independent for her constituents genuine concerns. Indigenous Palestinians Self Determination is as important as here for Indigenous Aborigines FNP Self Determination.
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I am not Muslim but I support Fatima! There is saying "If you are not interested in politics, then politics will be interested in you!" This is related to Australians as they have been sleeping like koalas...😅
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Thanks Fatima we love you.
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Brave woman. Thank you for standing up and bringing light again to the horror that is happening in Gaza. Regardless of reasons why, politics, religion, the killing of over 30,000 Palestinians and the daily struggle they face there is not ok and should not be accepted.
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What a brave young woman she is. I am glad she has gone with her moral views and not just agreed with her party.
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I believe that unfortunately the senator would have been better staying in the Labour Party and gradually working to build the sort of changes she says she is committed to from inside the large powerful existing machinery. She was voted in to represent WA and the Labor party and is paid her salary by the taxpayers - and now she decides individually to follow her own path. Perhaps she should resign from the senate.
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Her husband's Jacob Stokes, a Labor staffer who ran her senate campaign. She'll more than likely, still get her $233,000 yearly salary.
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Keep going people should wake up to what’s happening
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Thank you for your conscience and integrity. God bless you
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