Ex-Labor senator Fatima Payman appoints ‘preference whisperer’ Glenn Druery as chief of staff

Druery says Payman could become the next Senate powerbroker in the mould of Nick Xenophon or Brian Harradine

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Fatima Payman has appointed Glenn Druery as her chief of staff, as the political strategist and so-called preference whisperer" suggests the newly independent senator could become the next Senate powerbroker.

Druery's involvement with Payman was revealed in July, between the Western Australian senator crossing the floor to vote for a Greens motion in the Senate to recognise Palestine and her decision to quit Labor to sit on the crossbench.

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