Jim Chalmers on Fatima Payman
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Jim, just as another issue, as a senior member of the Labor government, there's some breaking news that Senator Payman has confirmed she'll abstain from all votes this week. She says she has been exiled. She's not in any contact with her caucus colleagues. Is she being treated fairly? I believe so, but I haven't, you know, I've been focused today on these tax cuts and the energy bill relief and the pay rise that people are getting.

As a member of the team, I would say that I respect all of my colleagues, including Senator Payman, but all of my colleagues. And I believe that we get more done when we act collectively rather than individually. And so I think that the response that the PM announced yesterday, I thought that was appropriate. I support that. But my focus has been on other things today.