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Payman resigned from Labor Party on July 4 over its stance on Palestine.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the senator won her position with support from the Labor Party.
As the defection of Muslim Senator Fatima Payman ignites a debate about parties representing different faiths, the prime minister cautions against it.
West Australian Senator Fatima Payman has announced she has quit Labor following her move to cross the floor in voting in favour of a Palestinian state.
Two activist groups say they will try to coax the country’s 800,000 strong Muslim community to move their vote away from Labor.
Senator Fatima Payman says she will abstain from Senate matters for the week following her suspension from the Labor caucus.
Question marks linger over Senator Fatima Payman’s future in Labor following move to side with the Greens.
The phrase was used by a Labor Senator, however, she was not present for the vote in the Senate.
Her words clash directly with recent remarks by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has criticised the phrase, ‘from the river to the sea.’
