Labor will not expel Fatima Payman for crossing floor to support Palestine motion
by Paul Karp and Mostafa Rachwani from on (#6NSBE)
Deputy PM says now is not the time to be going around expelling people' as he calls for social cohesion across Australia
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The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, has ruled out expelling the Labor senator Fatima Payman or any other form of punishment for her decision to cross the floor and vote in favour of recognising Palestinian statehood.
On Wednesday Marles said there's not going to be any expulsion or anything of that kind" for Payman, who is the first federal Labor parliamentarian to cross the floor since 2005.
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