Former Labor MP Emma Husar has added to the Kimberley Kitching bullying allegations with fresh claims against the party, according to Sky News host Chris Kenny.
The three Labor Senators at the centre of the Kimberley Kitching bullying allegations have released a statement over the "untrue" claims.
The late Senator - who passed away last week from a suspected heart attack - was allegedly bullied by three colleagues, Penny Wong, Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher.
“The claims of bullying are a serious issue, and Labor needs to address them, especially given Labor has spent the past year trying to smear the Coalition and Scott Morrison with claims about a misogynistic culture in parliament house,” Mr Kenny said.
“The Labor Leader Anthony Albanese has been exposed as weak on this issue; instead of expressing concern or initiating an investigation he played up use of the term ‘mean girls’ and used it to somehow portray the three senators accused of bullying as the victims.”
He said Ms Husar told The Daily Telegraph when she spoke out against her former party that Albanese was “gaslighting” by turning the phrase ‘mean girls’ around before going on to claim Labor is “far more toxic and far more manipulative” than the Liberal Party.
“Obviously these are issues the Labor leader needs to confront, at least in the public debate, if not with some sort of inquiry into his own party's culture.”
