The prime minister summoned her to The Lodge on Sunday to suspend her from Labor’s caucus and the 29-year-old claimed on Monday she had been “exiled” and intimidated by colleagues.
Rebel senator Fatima Payman has quit the Labor Party after creating a political firestorm over her decision to vote against the government over recognising Palestinian statehood, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
“Unlike my colleagues, I know how it feels to be on the receiving end of injustice. My family did not flee from a war-torn country to come here as refugees for me to remain silent when I see atrocities inflicted on innocent people,” she said. Druery has been working with an alliance of Muslim groups who have thrown their support behind Payman, following her decision on June 25 to cross the floor to vote with the Greens on the recognition of Palestinian statehood.
This masthead revealed on Monday that when Albanese summoned Payman to The Lodge, he told her to consider her position as an MP and remember she was in the Senate because of Labor.Labor MPs unanimously endorsed a motion to suspend Payman from the caucus until she decided she could “respect” party rules, after Albanese said he had shown “strength in compassion” by staring down Coalition demands to sack her.
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