Article 6NWHJ Fatima Payman suspended from Labor caucus over vow to cross the floor again on Palestine

Fatima Payman suspended from Labor caucus over vow to cross the floor again on Palestine

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Karen Middleton Political editor
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Party spokesperson says WA senator placed herself outside the privilege' of participation in caucus after defiant TV interview

WA Labor senator Fatima Payman has been indefinitely suspended from the Labor party's parliamentary caucus after she was summoned to a meeting with the prime minister at the Lodge on Sunday.

Payman's previous one-week caucus suspension was upgraded after a Sunday morning television interview in which she vowed she was prepared to repeat her rebellion of last week and cross the floor in the Senate to support recognition of a Palestinian state.

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