Fatima Payman launches new party, accusing Labor and Coalition of ‘stranglehold over our democracy’

Former Labor senator says Australia's Voice has backing of disenfranchised' former supporters of major parties

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Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has launched a new political movement, saying the Labor party has lost its way" and accusing the major parties of ignoring ordinary Australians.

Payman announced the creation of a new party called Australia's Voice on Wednesday, and claimed disenfranchised" former supporters of Labor and the Coalition had already pledged their backing to her new party.

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