Senator Fatima Payman has defied her party and voted for recognition of Palestinian statehood, potentially signalling the end of her time in Labor.
Fatima Payman says she has become the first Labor senator to cross the floor against her party while in government in decades, voting for a Greens motion on the recognition of a Palestinian state. Under internal rules, Labor MPs cannot cross the floor and vote against the party's policy positions.
"I still have the core values of the Labor Party and hope to continue serving as a Labor Party senator," she said. "We cannot believe in two-state solutions and only recognise one", she said, referring to Australia's longstanding policy of a two-state solution. Foreign Minister Penny Wong sought to adjust the motion and the Opposition sought to add caveats, but both failed.
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