Fatima Payman has quit the Labor party but will stay in the Senate as an independent. Her resignation comes after she was indefinitely suspended from the parliamentary caucus because she said she was prepared to cross the floor again in support of a motion on Palestinian statehood. Bridie Jabour talks with deputy editor Patrick Keneally and head of news Mike Ticher about Labor’s strict rules on party solidarity and if Payman’s exit means Labor needs to change with the times
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