Letter
Sidelining Senator Payman
On the ABC Minister Mark Butler said, “…they get the privilege of putting themselves forward for election to public office with the Labor party next to their name on the ballot paper.”
The corollary is that Labor gets to include a Muslim woman on the ticket, cynically attesting to its diversity credentials. Apparently the inconvenient fact that she has a different perspective to the white male lawyer majority in parliament is intolerable, even if a two state solution is Labor policy.
By barring Senator Payman from the Caucus, Labor has effectively barred all the voters who hold the same opinion from party dialogue and made it clear their views are not respected.
Neither diverse and inclusive nor a vote winning strategy.
— John Forrest from Great Southern, WA