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Fatima Payman breached ‘caucus solidarity’. What does this mean and why is it so significant?

The machinations of the Australian Labor Party machine are back in the spotlight this week, with Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman crossing the floor to support a Greens-backed motion calling for the Australian Senate to “recognise the State of Palestine”.

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View from The Hill: Fatima Payman alleges attempts to ‘intimidate’ her into quitting the Senate

Rebel Senator Fatima Payman has escalated her confrontation with the Labor Party by claiming “some members” are trying to intimidate her into quitting the Senate.

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Afternoon Update: PM defends Payman suspension; humpback whale rescued; and US offers Boeing ‘sweetheart’ plea deal

Anthony Albanese accused Labor’s youngest senator of disrupting the government’s message as stage-three tax cuts rolled out

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Fatima Payman says she has been ‘exiled’ by Labor following suspension from caucus

WA senator says she will reflect on her future while accusing some members of trying to ‘intimidate’ her to quit Senate

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Albanese stands by Fatima Payman’s suspension over Palestine ‘stunt’

Greens motion that Labor senator crossed floor to support was designed to put her in a difficult position, PM says after her appearance on ABC Insiders

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Sam Mostyn sworn in as governor general – as it happened

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Morning Mail: what next for Fatima Payman; big gains for French far-right; schools in ‘disgraceful’ disrepair

WA senator suspended indefinitely from Labor caucus; high election turnout as National Rally leads early results; calls for education infrastructure funding

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Payman 'exiled' from Labor after Palestine floor cross

A Labor senator is considering her future after being banned from caucus for crossing the floor in support of Palestinian statehood.

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View from The Hill: Albanese suspends rebel senator Payman from participating in caucus indefinitely after she says she’d cross the floor again

Anthony Albanese sprang into action after his recalcitrant senator, young Muslim woman Fatima Payman, gave a defiant Sunday morning interview on the ABC Insiders program in which she vowed to cross the floor again if similar circumstances arose.

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Defiant senator suspended from Labor over Palestine

Outspoken Labor senator Fatima Payman has been suspended from the Labor Party caucus after declaring she would cross the floor again on Palestinian statehood.

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MPs cautious as threats and abuse rise over war in Gaza

A rise in death threats, abuse and office attacks have parliamentarians and authorities on higher alert for danger as the Gaza war frays community cohesion.

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Payman might cross the floor again despite party rebuke

Labor senator Fatima Payman has been iced out of a partyroom meeting as punishment for crossing the floor but remains unapologetic about her actions.

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Grattan on Friday: the Assange light and sound show overshadows government problems

As scripted political dramas go, Julian Assange’s (welcome) arrival in Canberra on Wednesday night would be hard to beat.

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Penny Wong confirms some in Labor caucus ‘upset’ Fatima Payman crossed the floor on Palestine

Foreign minister and others say they had to argue internally for change on marriage equality, stressing importance of party unity

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Ministers back benching senator for pro-Palestine vote

Senior ministers have defended Anthony Albanese's decision to temporarily bench a Labor senator for supporting a pro-Palestine motion by crossing the floor.

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Morning Mail: what next for Julian Assange, cruel blow for Ticehurst family, Blues blitz Maroons

The Wikileaks founder’s wife pleads for privacy as he begins a new life in Australia

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Labor group praises Fatima Payman for upholding party ‘principles and policy’ to cross floor

Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine hit out at federal government’s stance as ‘weakening’ commitment to Palestinian statehood

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PM asks Fatima Payman not to attend Labor caucus temporarily after crossing floor over Palestine motion

Deputy PM says now is ‘not the time to be going around expelling people’ as he calls for social cohesion across Australia

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Vilification concern as senator iced for Palestine vote

The prime minister requested Fatima Payman temporarily sit out of Labor's caucus after she defied the party position and supported a pro-Palestine motion.

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Senator Fatima Payman defies Labor solidarity rule to cross floor on pro-Palestine Greens motion

Labor Senator Fatima Payman has crossed the floor to support a motion moved by the Greens declaring “the need for the Senate to recognise the State of Palestine”.

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Labor senator Fatima Payman says each step ‘felt like a mile’ after crossing floor to back Palestine motion

First-term senator risks membership after voting against her party by supporting motion on Palestinian statehood

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Labor senator crosses floor for Palestine, risks exile

A defiant Fatima Payman voted in line with her convictions to support Palestinian statehood as she risked her spot as a Labor senator to do so.

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Labor senator Fatima Payman calls on government to ‘recognise Palestine’ in rebuke to Albanese

Party were ‘fierce champions of Palestine’ in opposition and they must ‘summon that spirit of old’, she writes for Al Jazeera

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Australia 'gravely concerned' at Israel-Gaza war crimes

An inquiry into the Israel-Hamas war that found both sides have committed war crimes has been branded "gravely concerning" by Australia.

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Senator who broke ranks on Palestine to speak at rally

Fatima Payman will make her most prominent appearance in weeks when she speaks out on the invasion of Gaza in one of many rallies across the country.

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