Fatima Payman leaves Labor with little choice after vowing to cross floor again

Senator has given voice to many who condemn the Israel-Gaza war while earning the scorn of her caucus colleagues

Fatima Payman’s career as a Labor politician is over.

The indefinite suspension from the Labor parliamentary caucus that Anthony Albanese imposed on her during a short conversation at the Lodge in Canberra on Sunday afternoon has the same effect as expulsion. She will not return to the fold.