Labor senator Fatima Payman has been 'indefinitely suspended' from the Labor Party caucus by the prime minister after a series of defiant actions regarding her support for Palestine.
Labor senator Fatima Payman has been "indefinitely suspended" from the Labor Party caucus by the prime minister after a series of defiant actions regarding her support for Palestine.
The senator crossed the floor of the Senate to vote for a Greens motion recognising a Palestinian state earlier this week. She told the ABC's Insiders on Sunday thatThe Western Australian senator's actions came after months of her public support for the people of Palestine, as the war continues between Israel and Hamas. The death toll of Palestinians has reached more than 40,000, according to local officials.
"If Senator Payman decides she will respect the caucus and her Labor colleagues she can return, but until then Senator Payman is suspended from the right to participate in federal parliamentary Labor Party caucus meetings and processes," the spokesperson said.
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