Fatima Payman suspended from Labor caucus over vow to cross the floor again on Palestine
by Karen Middleton Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6NWHJ)
Party spokesperson says WA senator placed herself outside the privilege' of participation in caucus after defiant TV interview
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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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