Prominent Democrats have defended Joe Biden as a new poll showed nearly three-quarters of US voters think he should end his re-election campaign. Follow updates live.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher hopes Senator Fatima Payman remains in the Labor Party but warns there is frustration over her crossing the floor to vote for a Greens’ motion to recognise Palestinian statehood. Gallagher said the ball was now in Payman’s court. “The decision she’s made in the last week have been of her own making. It’s a privilege to serve in the Labor caucus … not many people get the opportunity to do so.
” Asked if Payman has “ticked” her off, Gallagher said Labor has always been a caucus that relies on each other. “When one of us chooses to step out, there is frustration, there’s no doubt about that,” she said. Gallagher also said that while Labor’s stage three tax cuts would people during the cost of living crisis, the government remained focused on fighting inflation. “Those measures have been targeted to put downward pressure on inflation.
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