Pauline Hanson and Fatima Payman have fiery exchange over citizenship | SBS News

Labor has sided with One Nation after the party questioned the eligibility of independent senator Fatima Payman, who quit the Labor party over its stance on Palestine.
Payman, who now sits on the crossbench, holds Afghanistan citizenship.
The government supported her successful bid to become a Labor senator in the 2022 federal election, but in July, she quit the party to sit in the upper house as an independent.
On Wednesday, Labor joined One Nation leader Pauline Hanson to allow documents to be tabled in the Senate questioning Payman's eligibility to sit in the chamber because of her dual citizenship status.
The issue centres on whether Afghan-born Payman violates section 44 of the constitution, which prohibits foreign citizens and dual citizens from sitting in parliament.
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