Senator Fatima Payman has delivered a parting swipe at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as she exits the Labor party. Senator Payman claims she has faced intimidation "on many fronts" from her now former colleagues and even cited the prime minister as a factor in her decision to go. The West Australian senator will return from the winter break as an independent.

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