Fatima Payman walks out of Senate after Coalition targets Labor over handling of matter

The opposition’s questions turned to newly independent senator, Fatima Payman, in her first Senate session after leaving the Labor party.
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Senator Bridget McKenzie, in her second question to Penny Wong about Anthony Albanese’s role in 'disciplining' Payman, asked how the prime minister can be taken seriously when he has been so 'comprehensively outplayed' by Payman. While the exchange between McKenzie and Wong was happening, Payman watched quietly and impassively from a crossbench seat at the back of the chamber. A few short minutes later she left the Senate alone.
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