Prime minister explains suspension of Fatima Payman: 'No one is bigger than the team' | ABC News

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Labor Senator Fatima Payman of deliberately disrupting the government's message about cost-of-living relief. The WA senator crossed the floor to vote for a bill supporting Palestinian statehood. Mr Albanese says 'no individual is bigger than the team' after he suspended Ms Payman from the Labor party caucus.

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