Fatima Payman

Senator for Western Australia / Parliament of Australia

Fatima Payman is a senator for West Australia first elected in 2022. She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1995 and immigrated with her family to Western Australia in 2003.

Ms Payman was initially a member of the Labor Party. However, she broke ranks with the party in 2024 to voice her opinion on the conflict occurring in the Gaze strip. Later, she crossed the floor to vote for a resolution supporting Australian recognition of Palestinian statehood and then resigned from the Labor Party in July 2024.

In October 2024, Senator Fatima Payman formed a new political party, Australia’s Voice.

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Roles

2022

Senator for Western Australia

Parliament of Australia

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Person Activity

	NEWS: Tagged in Support now Cook’s sheep focus	09 Oct 2024
	NEWS: Tagged in Parliaments need more political rebels	09 Oct 2024
	NEWS: Tagged in Fatima Payman confirms departure from Labor Party	09 Oct 2024
	NEW ROLE: Senator for Western Australia, Parliament of Australia	09 Oct 2024
	NEWS: Tagged in Payman launches Australia’s Voice party	09 Oct 2024

News Articles

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Monday, 1 July, 2024 - 14:54
Support now Cook’s sheep focus
Premier Roger Cook says the call to end live sheep export is wrong but conceded that if he were a member of the federal caucus, he would be bound to support it.
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Thursday, 4 July, 2024 - 12:53
Fatima Payman confirms departure from Labor Party
WA Senator Fatima Payman has confirmed she will leave the Australian Labor Party for the crossbench, and said she leaves “with a heavy heart, but a clear conscience”.
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Thursday, 25 July, 2024 - 13:22
Parliaments need more political rebels
OPINION: The Fatima Payman saga has laid bare a problematic policy infecting the nation’s political landscape.
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Wednesday, 9 October, 2024 - 09:45
Payman launches Australia’s Voice party
Senator Fatima Payman has launched her new political party, Australia’s Voice, and says Anthony Albanese’s seat of Grayndler is “on the table”.

Fatima Payman confirms departure from Labor Party
Thursday, 4 July, 2024 - 12:53

Parliaments need more political rebels
Thursday, 25 July, 2024 - 13:22
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