‘No complaints’: Anthony Albanese refuses to hold inquiry into Kitching bullying allegations | CroweDM
Labor senator Kimberley Kitching died of a suspected heart attack earlier this month. She was 52.
Kitching was a Victorian senator with close ties to former Labor leader Bill Shorten. She was known for her tough position on China and human rights.Anthony Albanese has dismissed calls for an inquiry into the Labor Party’s treatment of Kimberley Kitching by insisting she never raised fears about bullying with him and instead expressed concerns to others about her removal from the party’s tactics committee in the Senate.
“The one issue that was raised was about Kimberley’s position on the tactics committee. From time to time in the Labor Party there’s a lot more people who want to be in the cabinet, in the outer ministry, in assistant minister roles, on the tactics committee. From time to time, I get representations, probably once a fortnight, about positions in the Labor Party from people who want to advance. That is the issue that was raised with Richard Marles.
Mr Albanese took questions on the matter on the Nine Network’s Today program ahead of an interview on the ABC’s breakfast program soon afterwards on Wednesday morning, one day after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called him “gutless” because he had not appeared in public since Saturday when questions about Senator Kitching were the subject of media scrutiny.
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