Senator Fatima Payman defiantly wore her hijab in her emotional maiden speech to parliament where she broke down thanking her late father Abdul Wakil Payman, who fled to Australia by boat.
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Senator Fatima Payman told how her family fled to Australia when she was eight, and broke down in tears as she paid tribute to her father Abdul who died of cancer before he could see her elected.