Western Australian senator Fatima Payman has spoken about feeling intimidated by members of the Labor caucus and a focus on her religious identity in the lead-up to her resignation from the Labor Party.
Payman resigned from the Labor Party on Thursday, saying her conscience had left her "no choice" and she would sit as an independent senator.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indefinitely suspended the senator from the Labor caucus on Sunday after she vowed in an interview to continue crossing the floor of parliament in support of Palestinian statehood.
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