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The employment minister, Tony Burke, has paid tribute to Victorian senator, Linda White, saying she leaves an “extraordinary legacy for working people in Australia”.
Linda White leaves an extraordinary legacy for working people in Australia. Linda campaigned for years in the union movement for paid family and domestic violence leave. As a senator she helped make it law so no one would have to choose between safety and pay.
White joined the upper house after the 2022 federal election. The Victorian senator announced in February she would take leave to deal with health issues.
Linda White leaves an extraordinary legacy for working people in Australia. Linda campaigned for years in the union movement for paid family and domestic violence leave. As a Senator she helped make it law so no one would have to choose between safety and pay.
RIP
— Tony Burke (@Tony_Burke) February 29, 2024
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The prime minister says it is “extraordinary” that deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley hasn’t deleted her tweet.
We had more around this earlier in the blog here.
Speaking in Melbourne, Albanese said:
Yesterday showed the problem – if you are just negative, if you just run fear campaigns [and] don’t worry about the facts, but you just shoot from the hip, get out there [and] run a fear campaign. If you look at the questions that were asked in parliament yesterday, it says everything about the problem with this 24 hour news cycle, where you just have a fear campaign about everything and a solution for nothing.
Ley’s tweet remains live.
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Circling back to Anthony Albanese’s press conference in Melbourne, where he has also made a veiled dig at the opposition:
One of the differences between Jodie Belyea and the other candidates in this by-election is that she’ll be a voice in government. Someone who can get things done as a voice in my government. Not just be another bloke, sitting behind all the other blokes … opposing everything, being negative about everything [and] running fear campaigns.
Share9m ago17.32 ESTVictorian Labor senator Linda White has died
The Victorian Labor senator, Linda White, has died following a health battle, Guardian Australia has learned. The Labor left senator announced in February she would be taking leave to deal with some health issues. The exact cause remains unclear.
White joined the Senate in 2022 after a career working as a solicitor and as the assistant national secretary of the Australian Services…
2024-02-29 17:33:58
Article from www.theguardian.com