Labor senator Fatima Payman has been indefinitely suspended from the Labor caucus and there is now speculation she may quit the party altogether. In support of Payman a Muslim community group plans to run a political campaign supporting candidates in
Fears of community independents running on pro-Palestine platforms in key Labor seats have prompted the government’s hardening stance against Israel. Labor powerbrokers fear key western Sydney heartland seats with large Muslim populations are vulnerable to high-profile community independents running on
Early in May, in response to a push by some parliamentarians to end the recitation of prayer in the Victorian Parliament, Catholic Archbishop Peter A Comensoli joined representatives of Victoria’s faith communities in signing a letter sent to each member
