Fatima Payman
Senate · Australia's Voice
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Australia's Voice Senator for WA since 2022 · no sourced faction · attends 75% of votes, rebels 0.1%
- Australia's Voice
- 75% attendance
- 0.1% rebellion
Biography
Fatima Payman (Dari: فاطمه پیمان; born 1995) is an Afghan-born Australian politician who has served as a senator for Western Australia (WA) since 2022, first for the Labor Party and then as an independent, before launching her own political party – Australia's Voice – in October 2024. Payman was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and migrated to Perth with her family in 2003. She attended the Australian Islamic College and studied pharmacy at the University of Western Australia. Payman was president of Young Labor WA and an organiser for the United Workers Union, before becoming an electorate officer for WA Labor politician Pierre Yang. At the 2022 Australian federal election, Payman was elected…
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- Place of birth
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- APH identifier
- 300707
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Current and senior roles
- 6 February 2025–presentAustralia's Voice Whip
- 13 August 2024–6 February 2025Independent Whip
Committee service
- 28 July 2022–presentSenate Standing — Publications
- 28 July 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Environment and Communications: Legislation
- 28 July 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Education and Employment: References
- 28 July 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Education and Employment: Legislation
- 28 July 2022–presentJoint Statutory — Public Works
- 28 July 2022–presentJoint Standing — Migration
Qualifications
- 1 January 2021–presentGradDipPharmSc
- 1 January 2016–presentBA
Occupations
- 11 January 2021–3 June 2022Organiser for the United Workers Union from 11.1.2021 to 3.6.2022
- 30 May 2019–23 December 2020Electorate Officer from 30.5.2019 to 23.12.2020.
- 18 February 2018–17 February 2020Pharmacy Assistant and TerryWhite Chemist from 18.2.2018 to 17.2.2020.
Current parliamentary service
- 2022 — presentElected to the Senate for Western Australia, 2022.Source
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