Labor due to hold first caucus since suspension of senator Fatima Payman. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastShorten says he thinks Labor party is trying to give Senator Payman ‘space and time’Bill Shorten continues:I see why people feel so strongly. They can feel so strongly about the hostage is not being returned, or the deaths in Gaza. People could feel also very strongly about the near million deaths in Sudan.I can get these very incredibly strong issues. And if you come from particular communities, they’re even more intense, although that doesn’t need to be the prerequisite.Before I deny something, what’s your source?No, I don’t believe that.… Because I wasn’t there and I don’t believe it. I actually think the prime minister, Senator Wong and the leadership are handling a complicated issue pretty well. Continue reading…
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