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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Basford Canales and Daniel Hurst

Former dissenting Labor MP backs Fatima Payman and says party needs to reconsider rules

Former Labor MP Harry Quick says Fatima Payman may be shunned by colleagues but advises the senator to ‘stick to her principles’.
Former Labor MP Harry Quick says Fatima Payman may be shunned by colleagues but advises the senator to ‘stick to her principles’. Photograph: Remi Chauvin/The Guardian

The last federal Labor MP to vote against his party has urged Fatima Payman to “stick to her guns” as the senator faces intense pressure to toe the line on Palestinian statehood or leave Labor.

Federal Labor MPs and senators on Tuesday unanimously endorsed Payman’s indefinite suspension from the party’s parliamentary caucus after the 29-year-old said she would cross the floor again if faced with a similar Senate motion to last week’s vote.

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