[Labor senator] Fatima Payman says she's been 'exiled' and is 'reflecting on future' within Labor (www.sbs.com.au)

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Anthony Albanese said Fatima Payman disrupted the government's messages around cost of living relief by conducting an interview to declare she would cross the floor again to vote in support of Palestinian statehood.

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago

Yeah that's correct. Our system isn't as strongly two-party as the US, and it's getting less and less so over time, but for most of the last 80 years it's been two-party between Labor and the Liberal/National coalition. Labor being our equivalent of America's Democrats, and the Liberal-Nationals the Republicans.

But unlike America, party discipline in Australia tends to be very strong. Voting across party lines is very rare, especially in Labor.