Mystery still surrounds why Senator Fatima Payman mounted her one-woman rebellion.
Senator Fatima Payman has adroitly played the innocent bystander, but her behaviour since crossing the floor to vote against the Albanese government increasingly suggests she is not one.
On June 25, she crossed the floor to support a Greens motion on recognising a Palestinian state. In fact, Labor had proposed an amendment to assuage the concerns of people such as Payman that provided for recognition of Palestine after a ceasefire agreement and as part of a two-state solution. Druery has been working with an alliance of Muslim groups that have supported the senator following her decision to cross the floor.
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