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Labor group praises Fatima Payman for upholding party ‘principles and policy’ to cross floor

Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine hit out at federal government’s stance as ‘weakening’ commitment to Palestinian statehood

The Guardian - AU

PM asks Fatima Payman not to attend Labor caucus temporarily after crossing floor over Palestine motion

Deputy PM says now is ‘not the time to be going around expelling people’ as he calls for social cohesion across Australia

The Guardian - AU

Vilification concern as senator iced for Palestine vote

The prime minister requested Fatima Payman temporarily sit out of Labor's caucus after she defied the party position and supported a pro-Palestine motion.

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Senator Fatima Payman defies Labor solidarity rule to cross floor on pro-Palestine Greens motion

Labor Senator Fatima Payman has crossed the floor to support a motion moved by the Greens declaring “the need for the Senate to recognise the State of Palestine”.

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Labor senator Fatima Payman says each step ‘felt like a mile’ after crossing floor to back Palestine motion

First-term senator risks membership after voting against her party by supporting motion on Palestinian statehood

The Guardian - AU

Labor senator crosses floor for Palestine, risks exile

A defiant Fatima Payman voted in line with her convictions to support Palestinian statehood as she risked her spot as a Labor senator to do so.

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Labor senator Fatima Payman calls on government to ‘recognise Palestine’ in rebuke to Albanese

Party were ‘fierce champions of Palestine’ in opposition and they must ‘summon that spirit of old’, she writes for Al Jazeera

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Australia 'gravely concerned' at Israel-Gaza war crimes

An inquiry into the Israel-Hamas war that found both sides have committed war crimes has been branded "gravely concerning" by Australia.

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Senator who broke ranks on Palestine to speak at rally

Fatima Payman will make her most prominent appearance in weeks when she speaks out on the invasion of Gaza in one of many rallies across the country.

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Coverage of pro-Palestine university protests reflects Australia’s polarised, skewed media

Media coverage of pro-Palestine university protests has seen a collapse of the middle ground, with students painted as violent and racist, and their demands largely ignored and misinterpreted.

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The Guardian - AU

Fatima Payman says use of politically charged phrase is not antisemitic

Exclusive: Labor senator breaks silence to insist ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ is not a call for annihilation of Jews

The Guardian - AU

Demoted NSW MP says Labor is becoming less tolerant of dissenting views

NSW MP Anthony D’Adam was sacked as parliamentary secretary for his comments on Gaza and NSW Police. He says people like himself and Senator Fatima Payman shouldn’t be ‘ostracised’ for their dissenting views.

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Coalition senator accuses Labor’s Fatima Payman of ‘supporting terrorists’ before withdrawing claim

Comments come just hours after Senate passes motion urging senators to ‘engage in debate and commentary respectfully’

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Senator's Palestine remark ignites fiery debate

A Labor senator who accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians has been rebuked by the government and opposition but backed by party members.

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Labor MP issues explosive call for PM to back Palestine

Fatima Payman has split with Labor colleagues and issued a scathing rebuke of the prime minister as she called for more action to protect Palestinians.

The Guardian - AU

Fatima Payman accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza in significant rupture with Labor party position

WA senator says ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ – a phrase Anthony Albanese argues is counter to two-state solution

The Guardian - AU

Gareth Evans tells Labor to ‘get off the fence’ and restart UNRWA funding to help ease Gaza crisis

Former Labor foreign minister says $6m in emergency funding should be released immediately as Canada and Sweden have done

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The Guardian - AU

Labor backbenchers stand with Greens to call for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza

Maria Vamvakinou and Fatima Payman joined by Coalition’s Mark Coulton to receive petitions signed by thousands of Australians

The Guardian - AU

Australian ministers say Palestinians are being ‘collectively punished’ for Hamas barbarism

Ed Husic backed by fellow Labor frontbencher Anne Aly who says Israel ‘could be investigated’ for alleged war crimes

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'Not now, not ever': 10 years on from the misogyny speech

Much has been said about the speech in the decade since Julia Gillard rose to her feet to deliver it, but what does it mean to those now inside the building? To those who've watched the political world change around them, and those just entering it for the first time?

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Senators challenge the status quo

Labor senator Fatima Payman and Jacqui Lambie Network senator Tammy Tyrrell have used their first speeches to call for greater diversity in politics.

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No forsaking Afghanistan a year on: Senate

Senators have pledged to keep pressure on the Taliban to uphold the rights and freedoms of the Afghan people a year on from the fall of the capital Kabul.

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Labor's newest senator Fatima Payman is blazing trails and she hopes others will follow

Fatima Payman's Parliament House office was once occupied by Tony Abbott and Clive Palmer. Pauline Hanson also took a first that should have been hers. She's hoping her arrival in parliament will offer a "beacon of hope" to other young women.

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