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'{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] | name = Fatima Payman | honorific-suffix = | image = Dai Le Fatima Payman Circles (cropped).jpg | caption = Payman in 2022 | office1 = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Western Australia]] | term_start1 = 1 July 2022 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1995}} | birth_place = [[Kabul]], [[Islamic State of Afghanistan]] | party = {{plainlist| * [[Independent politician|Independent]] (since 2024) * [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] (2014–2024) }} | alma_mater = [[University of Western Australia]] | website = | occupation = | signature = Fatima Payman signature 2024.svg | citizenship = {{plainlist| * [[Australian nationality law|Australia]] (2005–present) * Afghanistan ([[de jure]], see {{section link||2022 election}}) }} }} '''Fatima Payman''' ({{lang-prs|فاطمه پیمان}}; born 1995) is an Australian politician who has served as a [[Australian Senate|senator]] for [[Western Australia]] since 2022, first for the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] and then as an [[independent politician|independent]]. Payman was born in [[Kabul]], Afghanistan, migrating to [[Perth]] with her family in 2003. She attended the [[Australian Islamic College]] and studied pharmacy at university. Payman was president of [[Young Labor]] WA and an organiser for the [[United Workers Union]], before becoming an electorate officer for WA Labor politician [[Pierre Yang]]. At the [[2022 Australian federal election]], Payman was elected to the [[Australian Senate]] as a senator for Western Australia. She was the third-youngest member to have been elected to the Senate and the first [[Muslim]] member of parliament to wear a [[hijab]]. In May and June of 2024, Payman's statements in support of Palestine during the [[Israel–Hamas war]] and criticism of the [[Albanese government|Albanese government's]] response to the war brought her out of step with the rest of the government. On 25 June 2024, Payman crossed the floor to support an [[Australian Greens]] resolution to recognise a Palestinian state, leading to her being indefinitely suspended from the Labor caucus. On 4 July 2024, Payman quit the Labor Party to sit as an independent. ==Early life and education== Fatima Payman was born in [[Kabul]], Afghanistan in 1995,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/opinion/editorials/editorial-an-election-result-for-modern-australia-c-6922984|title=Editorial: An election result for modern Australia|work=The West Australian|date=23 May 2022|access-date=24 June 2022|archive-date=24 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624062649/https://thewest.com.au/opinion/editorials/editorial-an-election-result-for-modern-australia-c-6922984|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=jomhornews.com |date=2022-06-20 |title=جمهور - زن افغانستانی سناتور استرالیا شد |url=https://www.jomhornews.com/fa/news/151731/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=خبرگزاری جمهور |language=fa |archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721034854/https://www.jomhornews.com/fa/news/151731/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ison |first1=Sarah |date=15 May 2024 |title=Senator Fatima Payman broke ranks with Labor over Israel this week. Here's what we know about her |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/senator-fatima-payman-broke-ranks-with-labor-over-israel-this-week-heres-what-we-know-about-her/news-story/4da7e8e70d8a7ef1130a5ccb98e4b7da |url-status=live |work=[[The Australian]] |publisher=[[News Corp Australia]] |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-access=subscription |quote=Senator Payman was born in 1995 as the first child of Abdul and Shogufa Waki amid the collapse of Afghanistan at the hands of the Taliban. }}</ref> the eldest of four children.<ref name=sbs/> Payman's grandfather was a [[National Assembly (Afghanistan)|member of parliament in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite report|title=Refugee Senate hopeful seizes opportunity|date=2022|publisher=7News|url=https://7news.com.au/politics/election/refugee-senate-hopeful-seizes-opportunity-c-7026169|access-date=11 June 2022|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607051539/https://7news.com.au/politics/election/refugee-senate-hopeful-seizes-opportunity-c-7026169|url-status=live}}</ref> Her family fled the [[Taliban]] for Pakistan when she was five years old.<ref name="guardian">{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Sarah |date=2022-06-20 |title=‘I want to normalise hijab wearing’: WA’s newest Labor senator on making history |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/21/i-want-to-normalise-hijab-wearing-was-newest-labor-senator-on-making-history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516045405/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/21/i-want-to-normalise-hijab-wearing-was-newest-labor-senator-on-making-history |archive-date=16 May 2024 |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Her father arrived in Australia via boat in 1999 and spent time in immigration detention, after which he worked as a security guard, kitchen hand and taxi driver, so he could afford to sponsor the migration of his wife and four children. The rest of the family arrived in Australia in 2003, when Fatima was eight, and settled in [[Perth]].<ref name=Fatima22>{{cite report|title=Fatima Payman - Labor Candidate for Senate|date=2021|publisher=7News|url=https://www.walabor.org.au/pages/fatima-payman-senate/|access-date=10 June 2022|archive-date=4 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604052353/https://walabor.org.au/pages/fatima-payman-senate/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sbs">{{cite report |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/making-history-today-fatima-payman-becomes-parliaments-first-hijab-wearing-muslim-woman/uuy0e3ohl |title='Making history today': Fatima Payman becomes parliament's first hijab-wearing Muslim woman |date=2022 |publisher=SBS News |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818162420/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/making-history-today-fatima-payman-becomes-parliaments-first-hijab-wearing-muslim-woman/uuy0e3ohl |archive-date=18 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Once in Australia, her mother started a business giving driving lessons.<ref name=Fatima22/> Payman graduated from the [[Australian Islamic College]] in Perth, where she was head girl, in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/australianislamiccollege/videos/717467812697087/|publisher=Australian Islamic College Perth|title=Australian Islamic College Perth congratulates Sr. Fatima Payman|access-date=24 June 2022|archive-date=24 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624064652/https://www.facebook.com/australianislamiccollege/videos/717467812697087/|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended the [[University of Western Australia]], obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology and a Graduate Diploma of Pharmaceutical Science.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Senator Fatima Payman |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=300707 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606015319/https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=300707 |archive-date=6 June 2024 |website=Australian Parliament House |publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]]}}</ref><ref name="EL">{{cite web|url=https://www.emilyslist.org.au/federal_election|title=Fatima Payman for the Senate|publisher=Emily's List Australia|access-date=24 June 2022|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115153525/https://www.emilyslist.org.au/federal_election|url-status=live}}</ref> She worked as a pharmacy assistant and chemist at Terry White's from February 2018 until February 2020.<ref name=":3"/> == Political career == Payman joined the [[United Workers Union]] (UWU) in 2018 as an organiser<ref name=guardian/> and was president of [[Young Labor]] WA, having been a member of the Labor Party since 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowley |first1=Tom |date=4 July 2024 |title=Fatima Payman reflected Labor's hopes for the future. How did it lose her? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-04/how-did-labor-lose-fatima-payman/104059928 |url-status=live |work=abc.net.au |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825020831/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-04/how-did-labor-lose-fatima-payman/104059928 |archive-date=25 August 2024 |quote=Fatima Payman (left) joined the Labor party in 2014 and was WA Young Labor President in 2021. }}</ref> She recalled her observation of her father's experiences of workplace abuse and exploitation as a main motivation for joining the two organisations.<ref name=WAt/> She worked as electorate officer for [[Pierre Yang]]<ref name=EL/> from 30 May 2019 to 23 December 2020.<ref name=":3" /> ===2022 election=== Payman was third on the Labor Party's ticket for the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] at the [[2022 Australian federal election]] and not expected to win a seat. She intended to use the 2022 election campaign as "practice" before seriously running in 2025.<ref name=WAt/> Payman was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 2005, although this did not automatically revoke her Afghan citizenship according to Afghan law. The 1992 High Court ruling ''[[Sykes v Cleary]]'' in regards to [[Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia]] determined that a political candidate must take "all reasonable steps" to renounce other citizenships.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=O'Brien |first1=Sarah |date=1992 |title=Background Paper Number 29: Dual citizenship, foreign allegiance and s. 44(i) of the Australian Constitution |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/EV610/upload_binary/EV610.pdf |journal=Issues Brief |location=Canberra |publisher=Department of the Parliamentary Library |issn=1037-2938 |access-date=5 July 2024 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706123743/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/EV610/upload_binary/EV610.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Payman says she approached the Afghanistan embassy in Australia in October 2021 to renounce her Afghan citizenship, and that the embassy could not proceed with the formal process because it had no contact with the new [[Taliban]] government following the [[2021 Taliban offensive]]. The Labor Party received legal advice that Payman was nevertheless still eligible to be elected, deeming that she had taken "all reasonable steps" to renounce her Afghan citizenship. She noted that the Afghan Embassy in Australia did not know whether the departments and officers responsible for processing her application in Kabul even existed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hastie |first=Hamish |date=2022-04-28 |title=Taliban takeover prevents Labor Senate hopeful from renouncing Afghan citizenship |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/taliban-takeover-prevents-labor-senate-hopeful-from-renouncing-afghan-citizenship-20220427-p5agkg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525012216/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/taliban-takeover-prevents-labor-senate-hopeful-from-renouncing-afghan-citizenship-20220427-p5agkg.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> At the [[2022 Australian federal election]], Payman won the sixth and final Senate vacancy after a swing of 6.92% to Labor and a 9.24% swing against the Liberal party in Western Australian Senate voting.<ref name="abc">{{Cite news |last=Bourke |first=Keane |date=2022-06-20 |title=Labor candidate Fatima Payman claims sixth WA Senate seat |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-20/fatima-payman-elected-to-sixth-wa-senate-seat/101167340 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620062458/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-20/fatima-payman-elected-to-sixth-wa-senate-seat/101167340 |archive-date=20 June 2022 |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> Her election was the first time the ALP won three Senate seats in WA since the Senate had been expanded in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senate Results |url=https://abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2022/results/senate |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=abc.net.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705173927/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2022/results/senate |url-status=live }}</ref> Elected at age 27, she is the third youngest Senator in Australian history and is currently the youngest serving Senator.<ref name=abc/><ref name=WAt>{{cite web|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/the-story-of-australia-s-first-hijab-wearing-muslim-senator-and-why-she-s-looking-forward-to-meeting-pauline-hanson-20220622-p5avod.html|title=The story of Australia's first hijab-wearing Muslim senator – and why she's looking forward to meeting Pauline Hanson|first=Hamish|last=Hastie|date=23 June 2022|access-date=24 June 2022|work=WA Today|archive-date=23 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623000116/https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/the-story-of-australia-s-first-hijab-wearing-muslim-senator-and-why-she-s-looking-forward-to-meeting-pauline-hanson-20220622-p5avod.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She has said her priorities include "getting more people from diverse backgrounds involved in politics, improving early childhood education, and [[climate change]]".<ref name=abc/> She has also said she wants to "normalise hijab wearing".<ref name=guardian/> On 4 December 2022, Payman was awarded "Australian Muslim Role Model of the Year" at the 15th Australian Muslim Achievement Awards at the [[Sydney Opera House]].<ref>{{cite web | first=Zia | last=Ahmad | title=AMAA 2022: Celebrating Muslim high achievers at Sydney Opera House | website=AMUST | date=23 December 2022 | url=https://www.amust.com.au/2022/12/amaa-2022-celebrating-muslim-high-achievers-at-sydney-opera-house/ | access-date=29 August 2024 | archive-date=29 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829114018/https://www.amust.com.au/2022/12/amaa-2022-celebrating-muslim-high-achievers-at-sydney-opera-house/ | url-status=live }}</ref> === Crossing the floor and move to the crossbench === In a May 2024 speech to the Senate, Payman broke ranks with many members of the governing Labor Party and accused Israel of [[Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza|committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip]], criticised the Australian Government for failing to sufficiently respond to Israel's alleged [[war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war]], and called for sanctions and divestment against Israel. She concluded her speech by remarking "[[from the river to the sea]], Palestine will be free". Payman's speech was noted by ''[[The Guardian]]'' as a "significant rupture with the Labor party position".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Al-Khouri |first1=Chantelle |last2=Evans |first2=Jake |title=Labor backbencher breaks ranks to label Gaza invasion a 'genocide' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/fatima-payman-accuses-israel-genocide-breaks-ranks-labor/103853164 |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)]] |date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515232253/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/fatima-payman-accuses-israel-genocide-breaks-ranks-labor/103853164 |archive-date=15 May 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurst |first1=Daniel |title=Fatima Payman accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza in significant rupture with Labor party position |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/fatima-payman-accuses-israel-of-genocide-in-gaza-in-significant-rupture-with-labor-party-position |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515232522/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/fatima-payman-accuses-israel-of-genocide-in-gaza-in-significant-rupture-with-labor-party-position |archive-date=15 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 17 June 2024 Payman wrote an article in [[Al Jazeera English]] supportive of recognition of Palestine by Australia and argued "Such a move would support the peace efforts, not undermine them, as some have argued".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Payman |first=Fatima |title=Australia must recognise Palestine to promote peace |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/6/17/australia-must-recognise-palestine-to-promote-peace |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=1 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701083502/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/6/17/australia-must-recognise-palestine-to-promote-peace |url-status=live }}</ref> On 25 June 2024, Payman [[Crossing the floor|crossed the floor]] to vote in favour of a resolution supporting Australian recognition of Palestinian statehood, voting with the crossbench against the government and opposition.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=2024-06-30 |title=Senator Fatima Payman 'indefinitely suspended' from Labor Party caucus |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-30/payman-indefinitely-suspended-from-labor-party-caucus/104041246 |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> Payman stated "My decision to cross the floor was the most difficult decision I have had to make".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=May |first1=Natasha |last2=Remeikis |first2=Amy |date=2024-06-25 |title=Australia politics live: Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses floor to support Greens' Palestine motion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jun/25/australia-politics-live-vaping-ban-labor-greens-nuclear-power-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-question-time |access-date=2024-06-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630071109/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jun/25/australia-politics-live-vaping-ban-labor-greens-nuclear-power-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-question-time |url-status=live }}</ref> She then stepped down from two parliamentary foreign affairs committees and was suspended from [[Australian Labor Party Caucus|caucus]] for the remainder of that parliamentary sitting week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knott |first=Matthew |date=2024-05-30 |title=Fatima Payman resigns from parliamentary committees after ‘genocide’ comments |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fatima-payman-resigns-from-parliamentary-committees-after-genocide-comments-20240530-p5ji2q.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629135923/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fatima-payman-resigns-from-parliamentary-committees-after-genocide-comments-20240530-p5ji2q.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-30 |title=Labor senator resigns from foreign affairs committees after genocide comments |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-30/fatima-payman-resigns-from-foreign-affairs-committees/103915374 |access-date=2024-06-29 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=27 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627032730/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-30/fatima-payman-resigns-from-foreign-affairs-committees/103915374 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-30 |title=Payman receives 'cold shoulder' from colleagues after Palestinian vote, says she would cross the floor again |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-30/payman-receives-the-cold-shoulder-would-cross-floor-again/104040828 |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630071110/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-30/payman-receives-the-cold-shoulder-would-cross-floor-again/104040828 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, on 30 June 2024, Payman was suspended indefinitely from the Labor caucus after stating in an interview that she would cross the floor again if a similar resolution was before the Senate<ref>{{Cite news |last=Middleton |first=Karen |date=2024-06-30 |title=Fatima Payman suspended from Labor caucus over vow to cross the floor again on Palestine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/30/fatima-payman-defies-cold-shoulder-from-labor-colleagues-to-declare-she-would-cross-floor-again-on-palestine |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and can no longer participate in any parliamentary meetings of the caucus. Albanese said she can return if she "respects the caucus and members".<ref name=":5" /> On 1 July, Payman stated in a [[Facebook]] post that she had been "exiled" from the party, that she would abstain from voting in the senate for the rest of the week, and that "some members are attempting to intimidate [her] into resigning from the Senate"''.''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Remeikis |first=Amy |date=2024-07-01 |title=Australia politics live: Fatima Payman says ‘I have been exiled’ from Labor and claims some members trying to ‘intimidate’ her to quit Senate |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/01/australia-politics-news-live-stage-three-tax-cuts-inflation-interest-rates-chalmers-labor-fatima-payman-nsw-coercive-control |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014159/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/01/australia-politics-news-live-stage-three-tax-cuts-inflation-interest-rates-chalmers-labor-fatima-payman-nsw-coercive-control |url-status=live }}</ref> Payman received support for crossing the floor from the Labor Friends of Palestine, who stated Payman's actions were "entirely consistent with Labor principles and policy".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |last2=Remeikis |first2=Amy |date=2024-06-27 |title=Penny Wong confirms some in Labor caucus ‘upset’ Fatima Payman crossed the floor on Palestine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/27/fatima-payman-crossing-floor-labor-mp-palestine-penny-wong-israel-gaza-war |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013448/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/27/fatima-payman-crossing-floor-labor-mp-palestine-penny-wong-israel-gaza-war |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Australian National Imams Council]] and Australian Greens leader [[Adam Bandt]] both praised Payman's act as courageous.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Karp |first=Paul |last2=Rachwani |first2=Mostafa |date=2024-06-26 |title=PM asks Fatima Payman not to attend Labor caucus temporarily after crossing floor over Palestine motion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/26/labor-will-not-expel-fatima-payman-for-crossing-floor-to-support-palestine-motion |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013448/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/26/labor-will-not-expel-fatima-payman-for-crossing-floor-to-support-palestine-motion |url-status=live }}</ref> On 3 July 2024, the [[Leichhardt, New South Wales|Leichhardt]] branch of the Labor Party, which is within Albanese's electorate of [[Division of Grayndler|Grayndler]], passed a motion supporting Payman. Five other Labor branches had also passed similar motions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |last2=Butler |first2=Josh |date=2024-07-03 |title=Labor branch in Albanese’s electorate passes motion supporting Fatima Payman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/03/labor-branch-in-albaneses-electorate-passes-motion-supporting-fatima-payman |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013449/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/03/labor-branch-in-albaneses-electorate-passes-motion-supporting-fatima-payman |url-status=live }}</ref> Former Labor politician [[Harry Quick]], who was expelled from the party after crossing the floor in 2007, stated his admiration for Payman and urged her to not "bend or waver".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canales |first=Sarah Basford |last2=Hurst |first2=Daniel |date=2024-07-02 |title=Former dissenting Labor MP backs Fatima Payman and says party needs to reconsider rules |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/02/former-dissenting-labor-mp-backs-fatima-payman-and-says-party-needs-to-reconsider-rules |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013520/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/02/former-dissenting-labor-mp-backs-fatima-payman-and-says-party-needs-to-reconsider-rules |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] [[Penny Wong]] criticised Payman's decision, stating that party disagreements should be handled "internally", and that she had voted against [[Same-sex marriage in Australia|same-sex marriage]] in the past despite her own personal support of it, but had voted against it in keeping with party policy.<ref name=":1" /> On 1 July 2024, Albanese said that Payman's actions had disrupted the government's messaging "the day before the most significant assistance that has been given to working people in a very long period of time", referring to the [[stage three tax cuts]] and energy bill relief which came into effect that day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karp |first=Paul |date=2024-07-01 |title=Albanese stands by Fatima Payman’s suspension over Palestine ‘stunt’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/01/fatima-payman-suspension-palestine-anthony-albanese |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013449/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/01/fatima-payman-suspension-palestine-anthony-albanese |url-status=live }}</ref> Deputy [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] leader [[Sussan Ley]] stated that Payman crossing the floor was a sign of Anthony Albanese's "weak leadership".<ref name=":2" /> Labor MP [[Anne Aly]], who had often disagreed with party positions regarding the Gaza conflict, said in an interview that she did not agree with Payman's approach. Referring to Payman's abstention on Labor's proposed amendment to a Greens motion calling for [[International recognition of the State of Palestine|recognition of a Palestinian state]], Aly said "I choose to do things in a way I think will make a material difference on the ground to people in Palestine. Fatima chooses to do it her way". Payman said her choice to abstain on Labor's amendment and to vote for the final Greens motion was consistent with Labor's platform which endorsed a [[two-state solution]] and made Palestinian recognition "an important priority". Aly said that Payman "could have voted for [the Labor amendment] if she held Labor values".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-01 |title=Suspended for her Palestine vote, Labor's Fatima Payman is isolated from colleagues but has pockets of support |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-01/fatima-payman-banished-rebuked-some-support/104042540 |access-date=2024-07-03 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703014429/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-01/fatima-payman-banished-rebuked-some-support/104042540 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Michelle Ananda-Rajah]] criticised her by saying that there had been "numerous opportunities" for Payman to raise her concerns internally.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Visontay |first=Elias |last2=Remeikis |first2=Amy |last3=Remeikis (earlier) |first3=Amy |date=2024-07-04 |title=Senator says PM’s office planted seed about crossing floor – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/04/australia-politics-live-fatima-payman-labor-anthony-albanese-coalition-peter-dutton-question-time |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013450/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/04/australia-politics-live-fatima-payman-labor-anthony-albanese-coalition-peter-dutton-question-time |url-status=live }}</ref> On 4 July 2024, Payman quit the Labor Party to sit as an independent in the Senate.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=2024-07-04 |title=Fatima Payman to quit Labor and become an independent |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-04/fatima-payman-quits-labor-after-palestinian-vote-furore/104056278 |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=4 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704032059/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-04/fatima-payman-quits-labor-after-palestinian-vote-furore/104056278 |url-status=live }}</ref> Independent senator [[Lidia Thorpe]] praised Payman as being on the "right side of history".<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Josh |date=2024-07-04 |title=Fatima Payman’s decision to quit Labor party will ‘empower opponents on far right’, Wayne Swan says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/04/fatima-paymans-decision-to-quit-labor-party-will-empower-opponents-on-far-right-wayne-swan-says |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013449/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/04/fatima-paymans-decision-to-quit-labor-party-will-empower-opponents-on-far-right-wayne-swan-says |url-status=live }}</ref> Labor party president [[Wayne Swan]] stated that Payman's defection would "empower Labor’s opponents on the far right".<ref name=":6" /> Upon returning to WA on 6 July, Payman was met by a cheering crowd of supporters at [[Perth Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-06 |title=Independent Senator Fatima Payman returns home to WA |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/independent-senator-fatima-payman-returns-home-to-wa-20240706-p5jrm5.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=The Age |language=en-AU}}</ref> On 18 July, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported two resignations among Multicultural Labor, a superregional branch of WA Labor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local and Direct Branches |url=https://walabor.org.au/about/sub-branches/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704221150/https://www.walabor.org.au/about/sub-branches/ |archive-date=2024-07-04 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=WA Labor |language=en}}</ref> The group's treasurer and vice-president had quit the Labor Party on 4 July "in protest" at the treatment of Fatima Payman. The resigning vice-president, Adam Demir, called the party a "spineless jellyfish".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |date=2024-07-17 |title=WA Labor multicultural group in revolt over treatment of Fatima Payman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/18/wa-labor-multicultural-group-in-revolt-over-treatment-of-fatima-payman |access-date=2024-07-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014154/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/18/wa-labor-multicultural-group-in-revolt-over-treatment-of-fatima-payman |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2024, Payman appointed political strategist [[Glenn Druery]] as her chief of staff.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karp |first=Paul |date=2024-08-09 |title=Ex-Labor senator Fatima Payman appoints ‘preference whisperer’ Glenn Druery as chief of staff |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/09/fatima-payman-glen-druery-chief-of-staff |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014042/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/09/fatima-payman-glen-druery-chief-of-staff |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2024, Payman delivered a two minute speech consisting of slang words directed to the younger audience of [[Generation Z|Generations Z]] and [[Generation Alpha|Alpha]], saying "It is for this reason that I shall now render the remainder of my statement in a language they can understand". She used terms such as [[Sigma (slang)|sigmas]], [[goofy ahh]], capping, and [[Skibidi Toilet|skibidi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirk |first=Emma |last2=News.com.au |date=2024-09-11 |title=Senator gives unhinged speech to youth to oppose social media ban for kids |url=https://nypost.com/2024/09/11/world-news/senator-gives-unhinged-speech-to-youth-to-oppose-social-media-ban-for-kids/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |language=en-US |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014200/https://nypost.com/2024/09/11/world-news/senator-gives-unhinged-speech-to-youth-to-oppose-social-media-ban-for-kids/ |url-status=live }}</ref> == Other activities == Payman has worked as a program coordinator at the [[Edmund Rice Education Australia|Edmund Rice Centre]] WA.<ref name=EL/> She was listed as a board member of the Australian Islamic College as of 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aic.wa.edu.au/school-board/|publisher=Australian Islamic College|title=School Board|access-date=24 June 2022|archive-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620083212/https://aic.wa.edu.au/school-board/|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Personal life == In 2018, Payman's father died of [[leukaemia]].<ref name=Fatima22/> Payman married Labor staffer Jacob Stokes in February 2024. Stokes resigned from his job, but not the party, following Payman's defection.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-18 |title=When Fatima Payman derailed her Labor career, her husband was collateral damage |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-19/inside-story-of-senator-fatima-paymans-labor-split-move/104164296 |access-date=2024-08-21 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014042/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-19/inside-story-of-senator-fatima-paymans-labor-split-move/104164296 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Australian Senators}} {{Senate crossbench}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Payman, Fatima}} [[Category:Afghan emigrants to Australia]] [[Category:Afghan expatriates in Pakistan]] [[Category:Australian people of Afghan descent]] [[Category:Members of the Australian Senate for Western Australia]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of Australia]] [[Category:Australian Muslims]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Women members of the Australian Senate]] [[Category:1995 births]] [[Category:Members of the Australian Senate]] [[Category:Australian politicians of Asian descent]] [[Category:People from Kabul]] [[Category:Sunni Muslims]] [[Category:University of Western Australia alumni]]'
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'{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] | name = Fatima Payman | honorific-suffix = | image = Dai Le Fatima Payman Circles (cropped).jpg | caption = Payman in 2022 | office1 = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Western Australia]] | term_start1 = 1 July 2022 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1995}} | birth_place = [[Kabul]], [[Islamic State of Afghanistan]] | party = {{plainlist| * [[Independent politician|Independent]] (since 2024) * [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] (2014–2024) }} | alma_mater = [[University of Western Australia]] | website = | occupation = | signature = Fatima Payman signature 2024.svg | citizenship = {{plainlist| * [[Australian nationality law|Australia]] (2005–present) * Afghanistan ([[de jure]], see {{section link||2022 election}}) }} }} '''Fatima Payman''' ({{lang-prs|فاطمه پیمان}}; born 1995) is an Australian politician who has served as a [[Australian Senate|senator]] for [[Western Australia]] since 2022, first for the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] and then as an [[independent politician|independent]]. Payman was born in [[Kabul]], Afghanistan, migrating to [[Perth]] with her family in 2003. She attended the [[Australian Islamic College]] and studied pharmacy at university. Payman was president of [[Young Labor]] WA and an organiser for the [[United Workers Union]], before becoming an electorate officer for WA Labor politician [[Pierre Yang]]. At the [[2022 Australian federal election]], Payman was elected to the [[Australian Senate]] as a senator for Western Australia. She was the third-youngest member to have been elected to the Senate and the first [[Muslim]] member of parliament to wear a [[hijab]]. In May and June of 2024, Payman's statements in support of Palestine during the [[Israel–Hamas war]] and criticism of the [[Albanese government|Albanese government's]] response to the war brought her out of step with the rest of the government. On 25 June 2024, Payman crossed the floor to support an [[Australian Greens]] resolution to recognise a Palestinian state, leading to her being indefinitely suspended from the Labor caucus. On 4 July 2024, Payman quit the Labor Party to sit as an independent. Two senior executives from the Multicultural Labor Branch, President Adam Demir and Treasurer Hoosein Ismail resigned from the Australian Labor Party at the same Senator Fatima Payman resigned. Hoosein Ismail also resigned as Treasurer of the Multicultural Labor Organisation. ==Early life and education== Fatima Payman was born in [[Kabul]], Afghanistan in 1995,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/opinion/editorials/editorial-an-election-result-for-modern-australia-c-6922984|title=Editorial: An election result for modern Australia|work=The West Australian|date=23 May 2022|access-date=24 June 2022|archive-date=24 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624062649/https://thewest.com.au/opinion/editorials/editorial-an-election-result-for-modern-australia-c-6922984|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=jomhornews.com |date=2022-06-20 |title=جمهور - زن افغانستانی سناتور استرالیا شد |url=https://www.jomhornews.com/fa/news/151731/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=خبرگزاری جمهور |language=fa |archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721034854/https://www.jomhornews.com/fa/news/151731/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ison |first1=Sarah |date=15 May 2024 |title=Senator Fatima Payman broke ranks with Labor over Israel this week. Here's what we know about her |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/senator-fatima-payman-broke-ranks-with-labor-over-israel-this-week-heres-what-we-know-about-her/news-story/4da7e8e70d8a7ef1130a5ccb98e4b7da |url-status=live |work=[[The Australian]] |publisher=[[News Corp Australia]] |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-access=subscription |quote=Senator Payman was born in 1995 as the first child of Abdul and Shogufa Waki amid the collapse of Afghanistan at the hands of the Taliban. }}</ref> the eldest of four children.<ref name=sbs/> Payman's grandfather was a [[National Assembly (Afghanistan)|member of parliament in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite report|title=Refugee Senate hopeful seizes opportunity|date=2022|publisher=7News|url=https://7news.com.au/politics/election/refugee-senate-hopeful-seizes-opportunity-c-7026169|access-date=11 June 2022|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607051539/https://7news.com.au/politics/election/refugee-senate-hopeful-seizes-opportunity-c-7026169|url-status=live}}</ref> Her family fled the [[Taliban]] for Pakistan when she was five years old.<ref name="guardian">{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Sarah |date=2022-06-20 |title=‘I want to normalise hijab wearing’: WA’s newest Labor senator on making history |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/21/i-want-to-normalise-hijab-wearing-was-newest-labor-senator-on-making-history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516045405/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/21/i-want-to-normalise-hijab-wearing-was-newest-labor-senator-on-making-history |archive-date=16 May 2024 |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Her father arrived in Australia via boat in 1999 and spent time in immigration detention, after which he worked as a security guard, kitchen hand and taxi driver, so he could afford to sponsor the migration of his wife and four children. The rest of the family arrived in Australia in 2003, when Fatima was eight, and settled in [[Perth]].<ref name=Fatima22>{{cite report|title=Fatima Payman - Labor Candidate for Senate|date=2021|publisher=7News|url=https://www.walabor.org.au/pages/fatima-payman-senate/|access-date=10 June 2022|archive-date=4 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604052353/https://walabor.org.au/pages/fatima-payman-senate/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sbs">{{cite report |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/making-history-today-fatima-payman-becomes-parliaments-first-hijab-wearing-muslim-woman/uuy0e3ohl |title='Making history today': Fatima Payman becomes parliament's first hijab-wearing Muslim woman |date=2022 |publisher=SBS News |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818162420/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/making-history-today-fatima-payman-becomes-parliaments-first-hijab-wearing-muslim-woman/uuy0e3ohl |archive-date=18 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Once in Australia, her mother started a business giving driving lessons.<ref name=Fatima22/> Payman graduated from the [[Australian Islamic College]] in Perth, where she was head girl, in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/australianislamiccollege/videos/717467812697087/|publisher=Australian Islamic College Perth|title=Australian Islamic College Perth congratulates Sr. Fatima Payman|access-date=24 June 2022|archive-date=24 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624064652/https://www.facebook.com/australianislamiccollege/videos/717467812697087/|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended the [[University of Western Australia]], obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology and a Graduate Diploma of Pharmaceutical Science.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Senator Fatima Payman |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=300707 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606015319/https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=300707 |archive-date=6 June 2024 |website=Australian Parliament House |publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]]}}</ref><ref name="EL">{{cite web|url=https://www.emilyslist.org.au/federal_election|title=Fatima Payman for the Senate|publisher=Emily's List Australia|access-date=24 June 2022|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115153525/https://www.emilyslist.org.au/federal_election|url-status=live}}</ref> She worked as a pharmacy assistant and chemist at Terry White's from February 2018 until February 2020.<ref name=":3"/> == Political career == Payman joined the [[United Workers Union]] (UWU) in 2018 as an organiser<ref name=guardian/> and was president of [[Young Labor]] WA, having been a member of the Labor Party since 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowley |first1=Tom |date=4 July 2024 |title=Fatima Payman reflected Labor's hopes for the future. How did it lose her? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-04/how-did-labor-lose-fatima-payman/104059928 |url-status=live |work=abc.net.au |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825020831/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-04/how-did-labor-lose-fatima-payman/104059928 |archive-date=25 August 2024 |quote=Fatima Payman (left) joined the Labor party in 2014 and was WA Young Labor President in 2021. }}</ref> She recalled her observation of her father's experiences of workplace abuse and exploitation as a main motivation for joining the two organisations.<ref name=WAt/> She worked as electorate officer for [[Pierre Yang]]<ref name=EL/> from 30 May 2019 to 23 December 2020.<ref name=":3" /> ===2022 election=== Payman was third on the Labor Party's ticket for the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] at the [[2022 Australian federal election]] and not expected to win a seat. She intended to use the 2022 election campaign as "practice" before seriously running in 2025.<ref name=WAt/> Payman was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 2005, although this did not automatically revoke her Afghan citizenship according to Afghan law. The 1992 High Court ruling ''[[Sykes v Cleary]]'' in regards to [[Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia]] determined that a political candidate must take "all reasonable steps" to renounce other citizenships.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=O'Brien |first1=Sarah |date=1992 |title=Background Paper Number 29: Dual citizenship, foreign allegiance and s. 44(i) of the Australian Constitution |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/EV610/upload_binary/EV610.pdf |journal=Issues Brief |location=Canberra |publisher=Department of the Parliamentary Library |issn=1037-2938 |access-date=5 July 2024 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706123743/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/EV610/upload_binary/EV610.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Payman says she approached the Afghanistan embassy in Australia in October 2021 to renounce her Afghan citizenship, and that the embassy could not proceed with the formal process because it had no contact with the new [[Taliban]] government following the [[2021 Taliban offensive]]. The Labor Party received legal advice that Payman was nevertheless still eligible to be elected, deeming that she had taken "all reasonable steps" to renounce her Afghan citizenship. She noted that the Afghan Embassy in Australia did not know whether the departments and officers responsible for processing her application in Kabul even existed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hastie |first=Hamish |date=2022-04-28 |title=Taliban takeover prevents Labor Senate hopeful from renouncing Afghan citizenship |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/taliban-takeover-prevents-labor-senate-hopeful-from-renouncing-afghan-citizenship-20220427-p5agkg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525012216/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/taliban-takeover-prevents-labor-senate-hopeful-from-renouncing-afghan-citizenship-20220427-p5agkg.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> At the [[2022 Australian federal election]], Payman won the sixth and final Senate vacancy after a swing of 6.92% to Labor and a 9.24% swing against the Liberal party in Western Australian Senate voting.<ref name="abc">{{Cite news |last=Bourke |first=Keane |date=2022-06-20 |title=Labor candidate Fatima Payman claims sixth WA Senate seat |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-20/fatima-payman-elected-to-sixth-wa-senate-seat/101167340 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620062458/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-20/fatima-payman-elected-to-sixth-wa-senate-seat/101167340 |archive-date=20 June 2022 |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> Her election was the first time the ALP won three Senate seats in WA since the Senate had been expanded in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senate Results |url=https://abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2022/results/senate |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=abc.net.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705173927/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2022/results/senate |url-status=live }}</ref> Elected at age 27, she is the third youngest Senator in Australian history and is currently the youngest serving Senator.<ref name=abc/><ref name=WAt>{{cite web|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/the-story-of-australia-s-first-hijab-wearing-muslim-senator-and-why-she-s-looking-forward-to-meeting-pauline-hanson-20220622-p5avod.html|title=The story of Australia's first hijab-wearing Muslim senator – and why she's looking forward to meeting Pauline Hanson|first=Hamish|last=Hastie|date=23 June 2022|access-date=24 June 2022|work=WA Today|archive-date=23 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623000116/https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/the-story-of-australia-s-first-hijab-wearing-muslim-senator-and-why-she-s-looking-forward-to-meeting-pauline-hanson-20220622-p5avod.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She has said her priorities include "getting more people from diverse backgrounds involved in politics, improving early childhood education, and [[climate change]]".<ref name=abc/> She has also said she wants to "normalise hijab wearing".<ref name=guardian/> On 4 December 2022, Payman was awarded "Australian Muslim Role Model of the Year" at the 15th Australian Muslim Achievement Awards at the [[Sydney Opera House]].<ref>{{cite web | first=Zia | last=Ahmad | title=AMAA 2022: Celebrating Muslim high achievers at Sydney Opera House | website=AMUST | date=23 December 2022 | url=https://www.amust.com.au/2022/12/amaa-2022-celebrating-muslim-high-achievers-at-sydney-opera-house/ | access-date=29 August 2024 | archive-date=29 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829114018/https://www.amust.com.au/2022/12/amaa-2022-celebrating-muslim-high-achievers-at-sydney-opera-house/ | url-status=live }}</ref> === Crossing the floor and move to the crossbench === In a May 2024 speech to the Senate, Payman broke ranks with many members of the governing Labor Party and accused Israel of [[Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza|committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip]], criticised the Australian Government for failing to sufficiently respond to Israel's alleged [[war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war]], and called for sanctions and divestment against Israel. She concluded her speech by remarking "[[from the river to the sea]], Palestine will be free". Payman's speech was noted by ''[[The Guardian]]'' as a "significant rupture with the Labor party position".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Al-Khouri |first1=Chantelle |last2=Evans |first2=Jake |title=Labor backbencher breaks ranks to label Gaza invasion a 'genocide' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/fatima-payman-accuses-israel-genocide-breaks-ranks-labor/103853164 |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)]] |date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515232253/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/fatima-payman-accuses-israel-genocide-breaks-ranks-labor/103853164 |archive-date=15 May 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurst |first1=Daniel |title=Fatima Payman accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza in significant rupture with Labor party position |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/fatima-payman-accuses-israel-of-genocide-in-gaza-in-significant-rupture-with-labor-party-position |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515232522/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/fatima-payman-accuses-israel-of-genocide-in-gaza-in-significant-rupture-with-labor-party-position |archive-date=15 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 17 June 2024 Payman wrote an article in [[Al Jazeera English]] supportive of recognition of Palestine by Australia and argued "Such a move would support the peace efforts, not undermine them, as some have argued".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Payman |first=Fatima |title=Australia must recognise Palestine to promote peace |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/6/17/australia-must-recognise-palestine-to-promote-peace |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=1 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701083502/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/6/17/australia-must-recognise-palestine-to-promote-peace |url-status=live }}</ref> On 25 June 2024, Payman [[Crossing the floor|crossed the floor]] to vote in favour of a resolution supporting Australian recognition of Palestinian statehood, voting with the crossbench against the government and opposition.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=2024-06-30 |title=Senator Fatima Payman 'indefinitely suspended' from Labor Party caucus |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-30/payman-indefinitely-suspended-from-labor-party-caucus/104041246 |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> Payman stated "My decision to cross the floor was the most difficult decision I have had to make".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=May |first1=Natasha |last2=Remeikis |first2=Amy |date=2024-06-25 |title=Australia politics live: Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses floor to support Greens' Palestine motion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jun/25/australia-politics-live-vaping-ban-labor-greens-nuclear-power-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-question-time |access-date=2024-06-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630071109/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jun/25/australia-politics-live-vaping-ban-labor-greens-nuclear-power-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-question-time |url-status=live }}</ref> She then stepped down from two parliamentary foreign affairs committees and was suspended from [[Australian Labor Party Caucus|caucus]] for the remainder of that parliamentary sitting week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knott |first=Matthew |date=2024-05-30 |title=Fatima Payman resigns from parliamentary committees after ‘genocide’ comments |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fatima-payman-resigns-from-parliamentary-committees-after-genocide-comments-20240530-p5ji2q.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629135923/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fatima-payman-resigns-from-parliamentary-committees-after-genocide-comments-20240530-p5ji2q.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-30 |title=Labor senator resigns from foreign affairs committees after genocide comments |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-30/fatima-payman-resigns-from-foreign-affairs-committees/103915374 |access-date=2024-06-29 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=27 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627032730/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-30/fatima-payman-resigns-from-foreign-affairs-committees/103915374 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-30 |title=Payman receives 'cold shoulder' from colleagues after Palestinian vote, says she would cross the floor again |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-30/payman-receives-the-cold-shoulder-would-cross-floor-again/104040828 |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630071110/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-30/payman-receives-the-cold-shoulder-would-cross-floor-again/104040828 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, on 30 June 2024, Payman was suspended indefinitely from the Labor caucus after stating in an interview that she would cross the floor again if a similar resolution was before the Senate<ref>{{Cite news |last=Middleton |first=Karen |date=2024-06-30 |title=Fatima Payman suspended from Labor caucus over vow to cross the floor again on Palestine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/30/fatima-payman-defies-cold-shoulder-from-labor-colleagues-to-declare-she-would-cross-floor-again-on-palestine |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and can no longer participate in any parliamentary meetings of the caucus. Albanese said she can return if she "respects the caucus and members".<ref name=":5" /> On 1 July, Payman stated in a [[Facebook]] post that she had been "exiled" from the party, that she would abstain from voting in the senate for the rest of the week, and that "some members are attempting to intimidate [her] into resigning from the Senate"''.''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Remeikis |first=Amy |date=2024-07-01 |title=Australia politics live: Fatima Payman says ‘I have been exiled’ from Labor and claims some members trying to ‘intimidate’ her to quit Senate |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/01/australia-politics-news-live-stage-three-tax-cuts-inflation-interest-rates-chalmers-labor-fatima-payman-nsw-coercive-control |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014159/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/01/australia-politics-news-live-stage-three-tax-cuts-inflation-interest-rates-chalmers-labor-fatima-payman-nsw-coercive-control |url-status=live }}</ref> Payman received support for crossing the floor from the Labor Friends of Palestine, who stated Payman's actions were "entirely consistent with Labor principles and policy".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |last2=Remeikis |first2=Amy |date=2024-06-27 |title=Penny Wong confirms some in Labor caucus ‘upset’ Fatima Payman crossed the floor on Palestine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/27/fatima-payman-crossing-floor-labor-mp-palestine-penny-wong-israel-gaza-war |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013448/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/27/fatima-payman-crossing-floor-labor-mp-palestine-penny-wong-israel-gaza-war |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Australian National Imams Council]] and Australian Greens leader [[Adam Bandt]] both praised Payman's act as courageous.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Karp |first=Paul |last2=Rachwani |first2=Mostafa |date=2024-06-26 |title=PM asks Fatima Payman not to attend Labor caucus temporarily after crossing floor over Palestine motion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/26/labor-will-not-expel-fatima-payman-for-crossing-floor-to-support-palestine-motion |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013448/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/26/labor-will-not-expel-fatima-payman-for-crossing-floor-to-support-palestine-motion |url-status=live }}</ref> On 3 July 2024, the [[Leichhardt, New South Wales|Leichhardt]] branch of the Labor Party, which is within Albanese's electorate of [[Division of Grayndler|Grayndler]], passed a motion supporting Payman. Five other Labor branches had also passed similar motions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |last2=Butler |first2=Josh |date=2024-07-03 |title=Labor branch in Albanese’s electorate passes motion supporting Fatima Payman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/03/labor-branch-in-albaneses-electorate-passes-motion-supporting-fatima-payman |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013449/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/03/labor-branch-in-albaneses-electorate-passes-motion-supporting-fatima-payman |url-status=live }}</ref> Former Labor politician [[Harry Quick]], who was expelled from the party after crossing the floor in 2007, stated his admiration for Payman and urged her to not "bend or waver".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canales |first=Sarah Basford |last2=Hurst |first2=Daniel |date=2024-07-02 |title=Former dissenting Labor MP backs Fatima Payman and says party needs to reconsider rules |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/02/former-dissenting-labor-mp-backs-fatima-payman-and-says-party-needs-to-reconsider-rules |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013520/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/02/former-dissenting-labor-mp-backs-fatima-payman-and-says-party-needs-to-reconsider-rules |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] [[Penny Wong]] criticised Payman's decision, stating that party disagreements should be handled "internally", and that she had voted against [[Same-sex marriage in Australia|same-sex marriage]] in the past despite her own personal support of it, but had voted against it in keeping with party policy.<ref name=":1" /> On 1 July 2024, Albanese said that Payman's actions had disrupted the government's messaging "the day before the most significant assistance that has been given to working people in a very long period of time", referring to the [[stage three tax cuts]] and energy bill relief which came into effect that day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karp |first=Paul |date=2024-07-01 |title=Albanese stands by Fatima Payman’s suspension over Palestine ‘stunt’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/01/fatima-payman-suspension-palestine-anthony-albanese |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013449/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/01/fatima-payman-suspension-palestine-anthony-albanese |url-status=live }}</ref> Deputy [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] leader [[Sussan Ley]] stated that Payman crossing the floor was a sign of Anthony Albanese's "weak leadership".<ref name=":2" /> Labor MP [[Anne Aly]], who had often disagreed with party positions regarding the Gaza conflict, said in an interview that she did not agree with Payman's approach. Referring to Payman's abstention on Labor's proposed amendment to a Greens motion calling for [[International recognition of the State of Palestine|recognition of a Palestinian state]], Aly said "I choose to do things in a way I think will make a material difference on the ground to people in Palestine. Fatima chooses to do it her way". Payman said her choice to abstain on Labor's amendment and to vote for the final Greens motion was consistent with Labor's platform which endorsed a [[two-state solution]] and made Palestinian recognition "an important priority". Aly said that Payman "could have voted for [the Labor amendment] if she held Labor values".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-01 |title=Suspended for her Palestine vote, Labor's Fatima Payman is isolated from colleagues but has pockets of support |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-01/fatima-payman-banished-rebuked-some-support/104042540 |access-date=2024-07-03 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703014429/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-01/fatima-payman-banished-rebuked-some-support/104042540 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Michelle Ananda-Rajah]] criticised her by saying that there had been "numerous opportunities" for Payman to raise her concerns internally.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Visontay |first=Elias |last2=Remeikis |first2=Amy |last3=Remeikis (earlier) |first3=Amy |date=2024-07-04 |title=Senator says PM’s office planted seed about crossing floor – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/04/australia-politics-live-fatima-payman-labor-anthony-albanese-coalition-peter-dutton-question-time |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013450/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/04/australia-politics-live-fatima-payman-labor-anthony-albanese-coalition-peter-dutton-question-time |url-status=live }}</ref> On 4 July 2024, Payman quit the Labor Party to sit as an independent in the Senate.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=2024-07-04 |title=Fatima Payman to quit Labor and become an independent |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-04/fatima-payman-quits-labor-after-palestinian-vote-furore/104056278 |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=4 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704032059/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-04/fatima-payman-quits-labor-after-palestinian-vote-furore/104056278 |url-status=live }}</ref> Independent senator [[Lidia Thorpe]] praised Payman as being on the "right side of history".<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Josh |date=2024-07-04 |title=Fatima Payman’s decision to quit Labor party will ‘empower opponents on far right’, Wayne Swan says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/04/fatima-paymans-decision-to-quit-labor-party-will-empower-opponents-on-far-right-wayne-swan-says |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013449/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/04/fatima-paymans-decision-to-quit-labor-party-will-empower-opponents-on-far-right-wayne-swan-says |url-status=live }}</ref> Labor party president [[Wayne Swan]] stated that Payman's defection would "empower Labor’s opponents on the far right".<ref name=":6" /> Upon returning to WA on 6 July, Payman was met by a cheering crowd of supporters at [[Perth Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-06 |title=Independent Senator Fatima Payman returns home to WA |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/independent-senator-fatima-payman-returns-home-to-wa-20240706-p5jrm5.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=The Age |language=en-AU}}</ref> On 18 July, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported two resignations among Multicultural Labor, a superregional branch of WA Labor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local and Direct Branches |url=https://walabor.org.au/about/sub-branches/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704221150/https://www.walabor.org.au/about/sub-branches/ |archive-date=2024-07-04 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=WA Labor |language=en}}</ref> The group's treasurer and vice-president had quit the Labor Party on 4 July "in protest" at the treatment of Fatima Payman. The resigning vice-president, Adam Demir, called the party a "spineless jellyfish".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |date=2024-07-17 |title=WA Labor multicultural group in revolt over treatment of Fatima Payman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/18/wa-labor-multicultural-group-in-revolt-over-treatment-of-fatima-payman |access-date=2024-07-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014154/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/18/wa-labor-multicultural-group-in-revolt-over-treatment-of-fatima-payman |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2024, Payman appointed political strategist [[Glenn Druery]] as her chief of staff.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karp |first=Paul |date=2024-08-09 |title=Ex-Labor senator Fatima Payman appoints ‘preference whisperer’ Glenn Druery as chief of staff |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/09/fatima-payman-glen-druery-chief-of-staff |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-AU |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014042/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/09/fatima-payman-glen-druery-chief-of-staff |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2024, Payman delivered a two minute speech consisting of slang words directed to the younger audience of [[Generation Z|Generations Z]] and [[Generation Alpha|Alpha]], saying "It is for this reason that I shall now render the remainder of my statement in a language they can understand". She used terms such as [[Sigma (slang)|sigmas]], [[goofy ahh]], capping, and [[Skibidi Toilet|skibidi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirk |first=Emma |last2=News.com.au |date=2024-09-11 |title=Senator gives unhinged speech to youth to oppose social media ban for kids |url=https://nypost.com/2024/09/11/world-news/senator-gives-unhinged-speech-to-youth-to-oppose-social-media-ban-for-kids/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |language=en-US |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014200/https://nypost.com/2024/09/11/world-news/senator-gives-unhinged-speech-to-youth-to-oppose-social-media-ban-for-kids/ |url-status=live }}</ref> == Other activities == Payman has worked as a program coordinator at the [[Edmund Rice Education Australia|Edmund Rice Centre]] WA.<ref name=EL/> She was listed as a board member of the Australian Islamic College as of 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aic.wa.edu.au/school-board/|publisher=Australian Islamic College|title=School Board|access-date=24 June 2022|archive-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620083212/https://aic.wa.edu.au/school-board/|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Personal life == In 2018, Payman's father died of [[leukaemia]].<ref name=Fatima22/> Payman married Labor staffer Jacob Stokes in February 2024. Stokes resigned from his job, but not the party, following Payman's defection.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-18 |title=When Fatima Payman derailed her Labor career, her husband was collateral damage |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-19/inside-story-of-senator-fatima-paymans-labor-split-move/104164296 |access-date=2024-08-21 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014042/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-19/inside-story-of-senator-fatima-paymans-labor-split-move/104164296 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Australian Senators}} {{Senate crossbench}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Payman, Fatima}} [[Category:Afghan emigrants to Australia]] [[Category:Afghan expatriates in Pakistan]] [[Category:Australian people of Afghan descent]] [[Category:Members of the Australian Senate for Western Australia]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of Australia]] [[Category:Australian Muslims]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Women members of the Australian Senate]] [[Category:1995 births]] [[Category:Members of the Australian Senate]] [[Category:Australian politicians of Asian descent]] [[Category:People from Kabul]] [[Category:Sunni Muslims]] [[Category:University of Western Australia alumni]]'
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