Anthony Albanese reprised his well known mantra – that we must “turn the temperature down” – as politicians and the community generally struggled to come to grips with the alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines. But as the days pass (though the shock remains), the temperature has risen in some unexpected ways, with increasing heat on the prime minister himself. The most dramatic example was an outburst by crossbench senator Fatima Payman, who defected from Labor last term.