Anthony Albanese sprang into action after his recalcitrant senator, young Muslim woman Fatima Payman, gave a defiant Sunday morning interview on the ABC Insiders program in which she vowed to cross the floor again if similar circumstances arose.
There was no slap with a feather this time, as happened last week after she broke party solidarity to vote for a Greens’ pro-Palestinian motion.
Then, Albanese had what Payman described as a “stern but fair conversation” with her, but only barred her from this week’s caucus meeting.
