A yellow rose was placed on the upper house seat of late Labor MP Jane Garrett on Wednesday as the Victorian parliament paid tribute to the former minister who died of breast cancer last month. | heyracheddie
A yellow rose was placed on the upper house seat of late Labor MP Jane Garrett on Wednesday as the Victorian parliament paid tribute to the former minister who died of breast cancer last month.
Premier Daniel Andrews addressed the lower house to begin the condolence motion, which was watched by Garrett’s family members.Credit:“The contribution that your mum made to this state was big and important,” Andrews said. “There are workers who will come home safely, and there are families whose lives will be so much richer and so much fairer, so much more prosperous. People who will have dignity and respect and opportunity and a better future because of the work your mum did.
Garrett entered parliament in 2010 as the member for Brunswick and was promoted to cabinet in 2014. She was a rising star in the Labor Party but was sidelined in 2016 during a bitter pay dispute with the firefighters union that pitted her against Andrews and union leader Peter Marshall.Gepp said Garrett was “Labor to her bootstraps” and never compromised her values.
“To see Jane ... in full flight in this place ... you just had to stop and watch. It was compelling viewing.”The government confirmed her state memorial would be held at the Brunswick Town Hall on September 2.
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