Former dissenting Labor MP backs Fatima Payman and says party needs to reconsider rules
by Sarah Basford Canales and Daniel Hurst from on (#6NY9F)
Last time a Labor MP voted against the party position was 2005 when Tasmanian MP Harry Quick opposed anti-terrorism legislation
The last federal Labor MP to vote against his party has urged Fatima Payman to stick to her guns" as the senator faces intense pressure to toe the line on Palestinian statehood or leave Labor.
Federal Labor MPs and senators on Tuesday unanimously endorsed Payman's indefinite suspension from the party's parliamentary caucus after the 29-year-old said she would cross the floor again if faced with a similar Senate motion to last week's vote.
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