Up Late with Ben Harvey: Why Anthony Albanese is secretly glad WA senator Fatima Payman has quit Labor

WATCH NOW: In this week’s show, Ben Harvey explains why Anthony Albanese is secretly glad floor-crossing MP Fatima Payman has quit Labor.

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In this week’s show, Harvey explains why Anthony Albanese is secretly glad floor-crossing MP Fatima Payman has quit Labor and asks how security at Parliament could be so slack that protestors scaled the roof.

In this week’s show, Ben Harvey explains why Anthony Albanese is secretly glad floor-crossing MP Fatima Payman has quit Labor and asks how security at Parliament could be so slack that protestors scaled the roof.

PLUS political killing season has US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hearing the drums of change.

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