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Dominic Giannini

'Not Labor they elected' as people reel from Gaza war

Fatima Payman say the government wasn't strong enough in its rhetoric and action on the war in Gaza. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

The devastation being wrought in Gaza wasn't just affecting Australia's Muslim and Palestinian communities, Fatima Payman says, as she defends quitting Labor.

People who had voted for a Labor government were telling her it wasn't "serving their best interests", the now-independent senator for Western Australia said when asked why she wasn't relinquishing her seat.

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