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Labor senator defies party on Palestinian recognition (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Labor senator Fatima Payman has crossed the floor to vote against her party on a motion related to Palestinian recognition.

It is the first time a Labor politician has crossed the floor while Labor is in government since 1986.

Labor party rules state that all members must vote in line with the position taken by the Labor caucus. It is then up to the caucus to decide on the penalty, which can include suspension from the caucus.

Expulsion from the Labor Party itself is a matter for the party's national executive.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Ah, so that's what triggered friendlyjordies video yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Is that one of his good "exposing corruption in our political system" type videos, or one of his shitty "here's a misrepresentation of our voting system to encourage you not to vote third party" type videos?

i.e., should I bother watching it or not?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Haha, I agree, he's a mixed bag.

It's nothing you wouldn't be aware of, but it's good to see some awareness raising.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be clear, my main question here is: is he playing defence for Labor again (like he frequently does whenever Labor and the Greens have a disagreement), or is this a genuine look at the issue?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

No, he is critical of labor with the caviet we can't piss off daddy don USA and so labors position is reasonable.

He has a point, is what it is, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. And I'd prefer a competent government over a coalition of corrupt, idiotic scammers