Kimberley Kitching

Labor senator Kimberley Kitching has died suddenly at the age of 52 from a suspected heart attack. Colleagues and friends have begun sharing tributes on social media, with Labor leader Anthony Albanese saying the party was in shock at the tragic news.

Senator Kitching was deeply respected by the Coalition," he said. She clearly loved her country and it genuinely showed." "A huge loss to the parliament, the ALP and her family." "She was a warrior for her cause, a friend of freedom and a true patriot who had an enormous impact in her short time in the Senate," he said. I'll miss coffees shared at Aussies & around the building. "I wish I had told her that.

Kimberley Kitching fought as hard as the boys. She knew how to land a political blow, even if it was on her own side of politics. Her death might have ...

She wasn't a political babe in the woods. "I'm not a coroner, I can't tell you why this woman of 52 was taken from us. There's nothing new about internal tension within political parties. At a meeting of senior figures of the Victorian Right on Tuesday, her pre-selection was discussed, with three of five senior figures refusing to endorse her candidacy. This, after all, is a faction dominated by political warlords, men who've built their reputations tearing down prime ministers. She died suddenly on Thursday, tragically on the side of a road in between meetings as she fought for her political career.

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten is questioning how much stress party politics and the preselection process put on his close friend Senator Kitching in the ...

"Kimberley looked fit, she had got fitter in recent times, and there was no history of a heart condition and that is why it's such a tremendous shock for the entire Labor family today." "Politics is a difficult business — there are pressures on people in politics and that is part of what we do — but I certainly think that this was totally unexpected," he told the ABC. "And we sat with a couple of other of dear friends of Kimberley and Andrew on the side of the road as we waited for the undertaker's van to turn up." Mr Shorten was a close friend of Senator Kitching and her husband, Andrew Landeryou, and had been called to the suburban street in Strathmore where her body lay. Senator Kitching was facing a preselection challenge ahead of the looming federal election, with members of Victorian Labor's right faction refusing to endorse her spot on the party's Senate ticket as recently as Tuesday. Labor senator Kimberley Kitching had been under immense stress due to a bitter factional brawl within the Victorian branch of the Labor Party, and her political mentor Bill Shorten is questioning whether it could have contributed to her sudden death.

Australian politics is in shock after Labor senator Kimberley Kitching died suddenly, aged 52. Opposition leader Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former Labor leader Bill Shorten have led tributes to the Victorian senator, ...

My thoughts are with her family and friends.— Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash (@SenatorCash) March 10, 2022 She was a great advocate for Australia and ensuring that we maintain the freedoms we all enjoy. My heart goes out to her family and loved ones. While we came from different corners to the political ring we shared values of liberty, human dignity and a belief in the ability of public policy to create public good.— Jane Hume (@SenatorHume) March 10, 2022 Awful, awful news to hear that Kimberley has gone. Kimberley will be missed by us all.— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) March 10, 2022 She clearly loved her country and it genuinely showed." Kimberley was an internationalist who spoke fluent French, loved champagne and friends, and never seemed to take anything too seriously. She had yet to be preselected on Labor's Victorian Senate ticket for the upcoming federal election. Shocked and devastated to hear of the tragic death of my Labor colleague and friend, Senator Kimberley Kitching.— Alicia Payne MP (@AliciaPayneMP) Can't believe she's no longer with us. The Labor family is in shock tonight at the tragic news that our friend and colleague Senator Kimberley Kitching has died suddenly in Melbourne. My sincere condolences to her family.

Labor factional bosses plotting to oust Victorian Senator Kimberley Kitching have been accused of contributing to her fatal heart attack.

Anthony Albanese has expressed deep sadness about the loss of his colleague Kimberley Kitching but distanced himself from allegations of factional infighting in the lead-up to her sudden death. The Opposition Leader on Friday said politics could be ...

That is what we have in the normal way,” he said. Mr Shorten and his wife Chloe, who were longtime friends of Senator Kitching and her husband, were among the first to be told of her death. We have our internal organisational processes of preselection. Mr Shorten on Friday said he thought Senator Kitching had been affected by political “backroom machinations”. Asked to respond to Mr Shorten’s comments later that day, Mr Albanese said Senator Kitching’s death was tragic and that politics could be a “difficult business”. Former opposition leader Bill Shorten on Friday Senator Kitching had been under “immense” political stress that he believed may have contributed to her death.