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Anthony Albanese said Fatima Payman disrupted the government's messages around cost of living relief by conducting an interview to declare she would cross the floor again to vote in support of Palestinian statehood.

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[–] swayevenly@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

But isn't Fatima arguing that she's abiding by Labor's pledge and the amendment her party put forth was going against that? According to your argument, wouldn't her constituents or donors be happy about that?

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Idk, I can't vote for her and I don't vote labor except once all my actual preferences are exhausted so I'm not really paying much attention to this. I don't vote labor because they pull nonsense like this, acting like there's some way "not being divided" over mass murder is worth a damn.

If they're talking about an IR bill or whatever then idk maybe not getting wedged makes sense but children are dying. I don't really know how much more obvious the right side of history can get than "the side which stops children dying".