Fatima Payman resigns from Labor 'with a heavy heart, but a clear conscience'

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Senator Fatima Payman has announced her resignation from the Labor Party to sit as an independent, saying her conscience had left her "no choice".
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indefinitely suspended the Western Australian 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.
The prime minister had previously banned Payman from a single party room meeting after she broke ranks last week to vote in favour of a Greens motion calling for Australia to formally recognise a Palestinian state.
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@kentallard8852 Ай бұрын

"It was calculated" is the sort of accusation only a party machine man would concoct, applying his own twisted mentality

@arsalanmirza3411 Ай бұрын

BRAVO 👍 BRAVE HEART ❤️

@buryitdeep Ай бұрын

Greens will scoop her up.

@geralddesmarais6504 Ай бұрын

Senator Payman represents a large body of Australians who are disenfranchised by both Labor and LNP. aS As a Senator its her right to vote her way.

@AJ-aabbcc Ай бұрын

We need more people like Fatima.

@krolikisergunka Ай бұрын

I like Fatima's Australian accent!

@Faiazahaidari Ай бұрын

Such a strong women

@karenm7449 Ай бұрын

Whether or not we agree with her stance, it is refreshing to see an elected politician operate from conscience rather than to toe the party line.

@hauntedjewelry1364 Ай бұрын

I think she is a better leader than our Prime Minister. What a shame, our Prime Minister is not a leadership material.

@emk4937 Ай бұрын

Brave woman. Thank you for standing up and bringing light again to the horror that is happening in Gaza. Regardless of reasons why, politics, religion, the killing of over 30,000 Palestinians and the daily struggle they face there is not ok and should not be accepted.

@AnnieGrace3 Ай бұрын

Self inflicted narcissist victim manipulation.

@peterreay1373 Ай бұрын

A very articulate brilliant Senator who will be as effective as an Independent for her constituents genuine concerns. Indigenous Palestinians Self Determination is as important as here for Indigenous Aborigines FNP Self Determination.

@paulaa1175 Ай бұрын

Sorry but that's a silly comparison: indigenous issues are just that - 'indigenous' to Australia and our political systems' responsibility - but how can grandstanding in the senate in Australia do anything at all to 'help' the terrible situation way across the world in Gaza and the West Bank? Big gesture - no effect. It's all about the individual 'big gesture' today.

@peterreay1373 Ай бұрын

@@paulaa1175 Int Law = ICJ rulings and now ICC - most Australians incite Genocide - on Indigenous Palestinians as much Indigenous Aborigines here. Politicians, Media and on are recorded on social media now - as to incite further violence upon other people. Zionist Israel is the test ground for ICJ. Its over in Colonialist Countries, time to mature.

@jenzag7621 Ай бұрын

Her husband's Jacob Stokes, a Labor staffer who ran her senate campaign. She'll more than likely, still get her $233,000 yearly salary.

@markconley5730 Ай бұрын

bravo Senator Payman

@mahatibrahim1452 Ай бұрын

Thanks Fatima we love you.

@paulaa1175 Ай бұрын

I believe that unfortunately the senator would have been better staying in the Labour Party and gradually working to build the sort of changes she says she is committed to from inside the large powerful existing machinery. She was voted in to represent WA and the Labor party and is paid her salary by the taxpayers - and now she decides individually to follow her own path. Perhaps she should resign from the senate.

@solid7468 Ай бұрын

Albanese should resign and come out as a right wing sellout.

@georgeroumeliotis2239 Ай бұрын

Absolutely the principled choice to make, party line is flawed, compromised and for some reason in support of genocide… I guess you disagree with the International court of justice as well?

@GoldenJet-bahaa Ай бұрын

they voted her in not the party and her eleoctorate has come out in support

@paulaa1175 Ай бұрын

@@GoldenJet-bahaa She received a grand total of 1681 first preference votes - 0.01% of the vote in WA. She is only in the senate because she was 3rd place in the Labour list and Labour just got enough for a third senate seat. Proportional representation in the senate - remember? Her 'electorate' is WA - the state. Look up how the senate works in Australian politics. So ask yourself who is she representing now? 1681 people? A small section of the WA Labour Party? (very small)

@maddat8701 Ай бұрын

@@GoldenJet-bahaaBS.

@BrentonDoecke Ай бұрын

Keep going people should wake up to what’s happening

@krolikisergunka Ай бұрын

I am not Muslim but I support Fatima! There is saying "If you are not interested in politics, then politics will be interested in you!" This is related to Australians as they have been sleeping like koalas...😅

@anthonyq2354 Ай бұрын

As Eminem said to MGK "this is your moment, big as youre gonna get so enjoy it / had to give you a career to destroy it"😅 good riddance

@lmcp1038 Ай бұрын

What a brave young woman she is. I am glad she has gone with her moral views and not just agreed with her party.

@krolikisergunka Ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@charlenekoya Ай бұрын

Thank you for your conscience and integrity. God bless you

@Coupthedog Ай бұрын

How she feels is very important to herself indeed.

@wildfish4ever Ай бұрын

Absolute legend - most articulate and principled person we have in Canberra? Shows that Labor has lost its way... LNP off with the fairies... Ideally the Teals will add offer her an olive branch and some shekels for re-election.

@robertwalker7924 Ай бұрын

at last, finally an honest Labor member of parliament and she has to resign for her honesty. that says a loy about Australia and Australias democracy ...good on you Senator Payman.

@georgeroumeliotis2239 Ай бұрын

Bravo Fatima, shame on Labor.

@GordanGecko Ай бұрын

Payman Honorary Member of Democrat's SQUAD. Bowman's position is up for grabs

@littletony1764 Ай бұрын

Activists not interested in Australia and its people should not be in parliament.

@joshuabradshaw5757 Ай бұрын

LMAO, the policies and actions of the Australian government aren't about Australia (brain dead much).

@loughman2629 Ай бұрын

I was so pleased when she said that she wished that Hamas would release the hostages!!

@leinam4164 Ай бұрын

Good on you. No one care

@krolikisergunka Ай бұрын

We do!

@joshuabradshaw5757 Ай бұрын

People with brains care about the policies and actions of our government. Thanks for being upfront with your ignorance.

@krolikisergunka Ай бұрын

Have a beer and barbecue!

@valerie241 Ай бұрын

Why didn't she run as an independent? Because she knew she could only get into parliament by joining Labour. She should be thrown out of parliament.

@wl2977 Ай бұрын

her primary votes was merely 1681. she could never win on that figure.

@ponrajk22 Ай бұрын

It was 2022 election promise of Labor to recognise Palestine statehood. They betrayed her.

@markconley5730 Ай бұрын

has senator payman crossed the floor or voted against the government on any other issue ?

@antonydean8063 Ай бұрын

Good ...2 majors out for good

@TDH6344 Ай бұрын

She should give back the seat to labour. But she wouldn’t. Because It’s an easy job to get paid 230000 without affiliating to a major party.

@georgeroumeliotis2239 Ай бұрын

Says you and not the electorate, watch her carry the vote as an independent.

@TDH6344 Ай бұрын

@@georgeroumeliotis2239 she wasn’t elected. She was gifted this seat with a trust to serve the party and the country. This is robbing a hard earned senate seat from a party and getting paid more than the double of average verge earners in this country to voice about overseas issues. Rules should be changed to sack MPs who doesn’t agree with the party rules and support someone else while having a seat allocated to the party.

@ReddRubble Ай бұрын

People ultimately vote for the people, not the party.

@TDH6344 Ай бұрын

@@ReddRubble she was not even elected. Robed a senate seat from the party. Saying that people first pick the party not the person if she had contested. If party leader and policies are not good people will not vote.

@vickywang36 Ай бұрын

I don’t see this woman support WA or diversity. She only supports her kind of diversity. Her resignation is good for Labour and Australian politics overall.

@slavkoivicic1250 Ай бұрын

good ridance

@maddat8701 Ай бұрын

Why doesn’t she represent Australians. Plenty of homeless and disadvantaged that need help. But she is more interested in People in another country. Join the UN if you want to do that. And not one comment on the Hostages. Show the same energy on getting them released. She is only looking out for Her own kind. Selfish. Vote her out.

@retyroni Ай бұрын

Whether or not _Australia_ recognises Palestine is absolutely an _Australian_ issue.

@maddat8701 Ай бұрын

@@retyroni no it’s not. Not in anyway.