Labor Rejects Fatima Payman's Claim Over Staff Allocation
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Fatima Payman is a politician in Australia.
She made a comment about how her office gets staff.
She compared it to an old attack by another politician named Haines.
The Labor party did not like this comparison.
A Labor spokesperson called her comment 'outrageous'.
This means they think it is very wrong and unfair.
The news came from a live political news page.
This page follows Australian politics every day.
Other politicians were also mentioned in the news today.
They include Pauline Hanson and Jacqui Lambie.
Anthony Albanese leads the Labor government.
The Coalition is the other big political group.
This story is about a disagreement in politics.
More details may come out later in the day.
People are watching this story closely.
Vocabulary5 words
- staff
- people who work for someone
- spokesperson
- a person who speaks for a group
- government
- the group that runs a country
- Coalition
- a group of political parties working together
- outrageous
- very bad or unfair
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Answer key
1. Fatima Payman 2. Outrageous 3. A live political news page
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Fatima Payman is a politician in _____.
She made a comment about how her office gets _____.
She compared it to an old attack by another politician named _____.
The Labor party did not like this _____.
A Labor spokesperson called her comment '_____'.
This means they think it is very wrong and _____.
This page follows Australian politics every _____.
Other politicians were also _____ in the news today.
Anthony Albanese leads the Labor _____.
The Coalition is the other big political _____.
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