Senior Labor senators deny ‘bullying’ claims after Kimberley Kitching’s death
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#5X828)
Penny Wong, Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher call allegations they ostracised' their late colleague untrue' and hurtful'
Senior Labor members Penny Wong, Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher have denied allegations they contributed to bullying" against the late Kimberley Kitching, calling the claims untrue" and hurtful".
Amid an ugly public debate playing out in the wake of the Victorian senator's death last week, Senate frontbenchers Wong, Keneally and Gallagher had been named in media reports as having allegedly ostracised" Kitching, by leaving her out of meetings and not allowing her to ask questions during parliament's question time.
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