From comments about her hair colour to exclusion from important meetings, the late Victorian senator experienced unpleasant treatment she said verged on bullying.
criticising the Victorian Labor government’s decision to join the Chinese government’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.Accusing Kitching of disloyalty to the Labor Party, Wong threatened to rebuke her publicly, according to one of Kitching’s closest associates.
Eventually, Kitching’s position as a Victorian senator was threatened, creating stress that may have contributed to a heart attack that is assumed to have killed her on March 10, her friends and family members have said. Kitching’s alleged treatment by her colleagues appears to have been an example of the tough nature of partisan politics, and demonstrates how politicians can be as brutal towards their colleagues as their opponents.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is often criticised on social media for a photograph that shows him sitting with his back to Labor MP Tanya Plibersek while she speaks in Parliament. “I take no pleasure in making that observation about someone’s distress and I hope she recovers but her state of mind is clearly an issue here.”
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