She directly addressed Albanese: “I ask our prime minister and our fellow parliamentarians, how many international rights laws must Israel break for us to say enough? What is the magic number? How many mass graves need to be uncovered before we say enough? How many images of bloody limbs of murdered children must we see?”
Payman called on her colleagues to “stand up for what is right” and said Australia should impose sanctions, engage in divestments, stop trade with Israel, and call for a permanent ceasefire.
Good on her for standing up.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 7 months ago
This seems like a perfect example of why increased diversity in parliament is a good thing. Her age and background allow her to offer a different perspective to her colleagues on matters such as this.
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Isn’t that an indictement of the leaching class haha. Can’t quite realise other people are human unless you can golf with them while discussing landlording or whatever haha.