The suggestion by the newly independent West Australian Senator Fatima Payman she may have to abstain on complex legislation rather than vote on something she does not fully understand beggars belief.
The suggestion by newly independent West Australian Senator Fatima Payman that she may have to abstain on complex legislation rather than vote on something she does not fully understand raises questions about how well she grasps her role as a member of parliament.
“I take my job seriously. I’m not here to just have a cruisy ride for the next four years,” Fatima Payman says.“I’m not here to be an obstructionist”, adding that she wanted to be a “voice of reason and integrity”, squarely focused on what would be best for the people of Western Australia. She said she had yet to receive a response. Labor may be playing hard ball, but Hanson et al were elected as independents, while renegade Payman joined the Senate in 2022 with the panoply of Labor staff and resources at her fingertips – until she chose to cross the floor to vote against the Albanese government and support a Greens motion on recognising a Palestinian state, then quit the party for the crossbench.
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