Now that the funeral is over I am much more comfortable talking about the late Senator. She was no Robert Askin or Leo Port so there was nothing in her past that was crooked and so had to be brought up because few knew it.
Steve from Brisbane has a good article on her and the controversy He has MORE
A few comments. What exactly are the allegations. I hear people waxing lyrical ( and not so lyrical) about the need for an inquiry. Exactly what would the inquiry be examining? No-one but no-one has said. I tried to ring 2GB yesterday to get them to say but was told no. In brief no longer being on a committee and not asking questions in the Senate is not bullying otherwise Kim Carr has a greater case.
Her friends have been leaking salacious gossip but knew those people who were accused could never properly respond before her funeral. Journalists were either taken for a ride unknowingly or were part of the political theatre. Either way these people show no taste and no class.
Kitching to my mind was a female Robert Ray ( and came from the same faction. He was never a great minister and she never showed she would be. However he was dynamiter ( with john Faulkner) in Senate Estimates. She had the potential to be the same. Potential, she wasn't anywhere near there as yet.
She had problems.
Her husband was a complete ratbag. He used to run a completely disreputable blog.
Clearly some in the ALP thought she was too close to some in the government.
Both problems could be overcome.
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