Senator Fatima Payman says she will cross the floor to support Palestine
Rogue Labor senator Fatima Payman says she would cross the floor again to support Palestine, defying warnings from the Prime Minister and other senior government leaders.
Senator Payman was suspended from caucus for one meeting after she broke caucus rules last week to vote in support of a Greens’ motion calling for statehood for Palestine.
“Will you abide by the decisions of the Caucus in the future?” she was asked by Insiders host David Speers.
“If the recognition on the state of Palestine was to be brought forward tomorrow, I would cross the floor,” she said.
Senator Payman said she wanted to remain in the Labor Party.
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