IN FULL: Senator Fatima Payman quits Labor and will sit as an Independent | ABC News

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Published 2024-07-04

WA Senator Fatima Payman has announced has quit the Labor Party to sit as an Independent. Subscribe: ab.co/1svxLVE
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Senator Payman was indefinitely suspended from Labor's Caucus on Sunday, after she broke ranks with her party and backed a Greens motion on recognising Palestinian statehood.

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