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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Gallagher

Morning Mail: revolt in WA Labor; footage shows anguish of children in custody; pressure grows on Biden

Western Australia senator Fatima Payman sitting in the Senate chamber at Parliament House, Canberra, earlier this month.
Western Australia senator Fatima Payman sitting in the Senate chamber at Parliament House, Canberra, earlier this month. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/Reuters

Good morning. The fallout over Fatima Payman’s resignation from the Labor party continues amid upheaval in its multicultural branch in Western Australia, where the treasurer and vice-president have quit over the way the senator has been treated.

From Queensland, Guardian Australia and SBS The Feed have seen videos that show children screaming, freezing and gasping for air, saying they “can’t breathe”. The footage – from inside the Cairns police watch house – exposes the anguish of children sometimes being kept for weeks in conditions that relatives liken to “torture” and a child psychologist has called “abuse”.

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