According to a report in The Australian, senior Labor figures are now raising questions about Payman’s eligibility to sit in parliament because she could be a dual citizen.
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Senator Fatima Payman announced on Thursday she was quitting her party in a move that will leave divisions and wounds that will not be healed easily or soon.
The Western Australian senator will sit on the crossbench after refusing to accept party solidarity on the Gaza war.
Anthony Albanese has flagged he expects rebel Labor senator Fatima Payman to quit the Labor Party imminently.
Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Ted O'Brien, who has spearheaded the Coalition's Nuclear Energy plans joins us today to talk about the plan and Australia's energy market.
The Nationals have had a major win in having the opposition commit give the ACCC divestiture powers.
Rebel Senator Fatima Payman has escalated her confrontation with the Labor Party by claiming “some members” are trying to intimidate her into quitting the Senate.
On Sunday, Albanese summoned recalcitrant senator Fatima Payman to the Lodge and told her she was suspended from caucus until she accepted caucus discipline.
Assange’s freedom is one of unflagging pressure brought by the Australian government. But that pressure wasn’t necessarily just on the US. It was likely also placed on Assange and his legal teams..
The prime minister spoke with Assange moments after the WikiLeaks founder touched down in Australia after his guilty plea in the Northern Mariana Islands earlier in the day.
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen joins the podcast to discuss the ongoing costs of the energy transition and Peter Dutton's nuclear plan.
Labor senator Fatima Payman has crossed the floor to support a motion backing a Palestinian state against members of her own party.
Assange’s supporters differ in their views about what he did. But there had come to be a general belief, as the PM repeatedly said, that ‘enough is enough’.
Julian Assange has reached a deal with the United States Justice Department to allow him to return to Australia after pleading guilty to violating American espionage law.
Kean has poured cold water on the Opposition’s nuclear power plan, pointing to experts who have said it doesn’t make economic sense and would take too long to implement.
The government has accepted all the recommendations in the final report of an inquiry done by a former Labor minister Craig Emerson.
Paul Keating has joined the debate on the Coalition’s nuclear policy saying “"Only the most wicked and cynical of individuals would foist such a blight on an earnest community like Australia,”
In the timing of his announcement, Peter Dutton is putting his nuclear power policy through an early stress test.
Peter Malinauskas joined the podcast to talk about AUKUS, bans on children under 14 accessing social media, restricting most political donations and Peter Duttons Nuclear announcement.
ABC chair Kim Williams has said the public broadcaster should become a reimagined “National Campfire”, and foster a stronger sense of community togetherness.
The opposition leader has unveiled his controversial nuclear plan, claiming it could be operational by the 2030s.
The Chinese media, however, hails a ‘spring blossom’ in China’s relations with Australia as premier’s visit concludes.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese Premier Li Quang discussed Chinese foreign interference in Australia and the situation of Australian national Yang Hengjun, incarcerated in China for alleged spying.
Chinese premier Li Qiang visited the Adelaide zoo, announcing the two Chinese pandas there, which have long been a major tourist attraction but are due to go home, will be replaced by another pair.
In a big-target strategy, characterised by a truck load of negativity, as well as laced with a dash of policy adventurism, Peter Dutton is taking the Liberals right back to Tony Abbott’s days.
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