Labor senator Fatima Payman faces expulsion from the party after siding with the Greens in a failed parliamentary push to recognise Palestinian statehood.
Labor rules bind caucus members to the party’s collective decisions and MPs who vote against those risk being thrown out.
Senator Fatima Payman (in back, in grey) sits at the back of the chamber during a division on amendments to a motion to recognise the State of Palestine. Alex Ellinghausen
The Greens rejected an amended version of the motion that couched Labor’s support “as a part of a peace process in support of a two-state…
