Fatima Payman, 1995
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Fatima Payman is 31 years old, born January 1, 1995 in Kabul · Capricorn.
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Fatima Payman became Australia's first hijab-wearing member of parliament when elected to the Senate for Western Australia in 2022. Born in Kabul in 1995, she migrated to Perth aged 8 and studied pharmacy at the University of Western Australia. After backing Palestinian statehood during the Gaza war, she quit Labor in July 2024 and launched her own party, Australia's Voice, three months later. Capricorn energy: breaking institutional norms to chart her own path.
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Fatima Payman entered the Australian Senate in 2022 as the fifth-youngest senator ever elected and the first member of parliament to wear a hijab. Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, she and her family relocated to Perth when she was eight years old. She completed her secondary education at the Australian Islamic College and went on to study pharmacy at the University of Western Australia.
Before her Senate election, Payman worked as president of Young Labor WA, an organiser for the United Workers Union, and an electorate officer for Labor MP Pierre Yang. Her early Senate tenure was marked by increasing tension with her party over Middle East policy. In May and June 2024, her public statements supporting Palestine and criticizing the Albanese government's response to the Gaza conflict isolated her from Labor colleagues. On 25 June 2024, she crossed the floor to back a Greens resolution recognising Palestinian statehood, triggering her indefinite suspension from the Labor caucus. She formally quit Labor on 4 July 2024 to sit as an independent, and on 9 October 2024 officially launched Australia's Voice, her own political party.
As an Australian politician, she represents a generation willing to sacrifice party loyalty for principle. Born in 1995 under Capricorn, she embodies cardinal-sign determination to initiate structural change, whether through parliamentary floor-crossing or party formation.
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Fatima Payman was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to Perth, Australia, with her family in 2003 at age eight. She attended the Australian Islamic College for secondary education and later studied pharmacy at the University of Western Australia. Before entering the Senate, she held roles as president of Young Labor WA, an organiser for the United Workers Union, and an electorate officer for Labor politician Pierre Yang.
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