Fatima Payman has been suspended from caucus after she said she would cross the floor to support Palestine (Updated June 30 9.39AM)
Anthony Albanese has taken swift action against Labor senator Fatima Payman after she vowed to vote against the government again.
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Rogue Labor senator Fatima Payman has been suspended from caucus indefinitely after she said she would cross the floor again to support Palestine, defying warnings from the Prime Minister and other senior government leaders.
“By her own actions and statements, Senator Payman has placed herself outside the privilege that comes with participating in the federal parliamentary Labor Party caucus,” an Albanese government spokeswoman said.
“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.”
Senator Payman had initially been suspended from caucus for one meeting after she broke caucus rules last week to vote in support of a Greens’ motion calling for statehood for Palestine.
“Will you abide by the decisions of the Caucus in the future?” she was asked by Insiders host David Speers.
“If the recognition on the state of Palestine was to be brought forward tomorrow, I would cross the floor,” she said.
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