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Glenn Druery encourages speculation Fatima Payman will launch her own political party

‘Where there’s smoke sometimes there’s fire,’ WA senator’s chief of staff and ‘preference whisperer’ tells Guardian Australia

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Labor has proposed a public school funding boost – states, crossbenchers and the Greens want more. What happens now?

The federal government says states and territories must ‘chip in’ to close the gap – but they say they’ve done the ‘heavy lifting’

The Guardian - AU

Fatima Payman singles out Rupert Murdoch as she decries mainstream media’s treatment of Muslim women

Independent senator accuses mogul of causing ‘division, marginalisation and fearmongering’, and says the media too often reduces her to a stereotype

The Guardian - AU

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Australia working to change Palestinian resolution

Australia is working with a number of other countries to try to change a draft UN resolution by the Palestinian Authority which comes to a vote this week.

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‘Bulldoze your way through’: Anthony Albanese compared to Scott Morrison in climate trigger stoush

Sarah Hanson-Young says PM needs to negotiate with senators after he appeared to rule out adding a climate trigger to proposed environmental laws

The Guardian - AU

Coalition senators split in voting on Ralph Babet motion on abortion – as it happened

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Albanese’s right to set crossbenchers’ personal staffing numbers faces scrutiny

Independent Senator David Pocock is seeking to remove the discretion of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to decide the number of extra staff crossbenchers receive.

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Cost of living, union corruption in focus as MPs return

Labor wants to shift the focus to cost-of-living relief and social action as the coalition heaps pressure on its handling of inflation and national security.

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Ex-Labor senator Fatima Payman appoints ‘preference whisperer’ Glenn Druery as chief of staff

Druery says Payman could become the next Senate powerbroker in the mould of Nick Xenophon or Brian Harradine

The Guardian - AU

NT military exercise suspended after pilot escapes crash – as it happened

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Australia urges Israel to stop settler violence in Palestinian territory in wake of ICJ ruling

Statement from the foreign minister, Penny Wong, follows damning ruling from international court of justice accusing Israel of activities amounting to apartheid

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: revolt in WA Labor; footage shows anguish of children in custody; pressure grows on Biden

Fallout over Fatima Payman continues for Labor; videos show kids screaming, struggling to breathe in police custody; Joe Biden urged to drop out

The Guardian - AU

WA Labor multicultural group in revolt over treatment of Fatima Payman

Exclusive: Two officeholders quit, with one claiming the party has ‘become a spineless jellyfish’

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Albanese’s slide continues in Resolve poll, as major parties tied

A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted July 10–13 from a sample of 1,603, had Labor and the Coalition tied at 50–50 by 2022 election preference flows, a one-point gain for the Coalition since June by my calculations.

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Anthony Albanese appeals to western Sydney amid Muslim voting campaigns on Gaza war

The seats of Blaxland and Watson have higher percentages of Muslim voters than Labor’s 2022 winning margin

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ALP condemns Gaza school bombing amid community outrage

Federal cabinet minister Jason Clare has condemned the bombing of schools in Gaza, as Australian Muslims continue to warn they feel disenfranchised by Labor.

Newcastle Herald

Comparing climate and COVID protesters

Letters and Short Takes: Thursday, July 11, 2024

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Fatima Payman advises Muslims: ‘Don’t establish a political party’

Senator Fatima Payman, who resigned from Labor last week to sit as a crossbench independent, says she would advise Muslims not to form their own political party.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Fatima Payman on the challenges and opportunities of being a crossbencher

Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman quit Labor after defying the party’s “solidarity” rule. Her action, spurred by the Gaza issue, has intensified Labor fears about the possible impact of the Muslim vote in some of its safe seats at the election.

The Guardian - AU

Who are the grassroots Muslim groups with an eye on Labor seats?

Pro-Palestine campaigners say they will back candidates at the next federal election but they are not the only religious groups hoping to influence voters

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Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia – so what’s Albanese really worried about?

Senator Fatima Payman’s defection over Labor Party policy on statehood for the Palestinians has generated wider discussion about the written and unwritten rules of Australian politics. One of those involves the vexed question of the role of religious faith.

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'Not Labor they elected' as people reel from Gaza war

Fatima Payman has defended keeping her Senate seat after being elected on a Labor ticket, saying her community is upset at a lack of action on the war in Gaza.

The Guardian - AU

Police seek Sydney woman’s partner over alleged stabbing death – as it happened

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All ‘commit’ and no ‘disagree’: the real reason why Labor’s solidarity pledge is not working

The Australian Labor Party’s solidarity pledge is being widely sledged in the wake of Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman’s resignation from caucus.

The Guardian - AU

Mehreen Faruqi hits back at claims Fatima Payman’s resignation from Labor was orchestrated

Deputy Greens leader says Muslim women are often stereotyped in Australia as unable to make solo decisions

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