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The importance of being Kimberley Kitching

27 October 2016

5:07 PM

27 October 2016

5:07 PM

Snip20161027_22Senator-elect Kimberley Jane Elizabeth Kitching just loves winning. When it happens, her mouth literally explodes ear-to-ear with a supercilious Luna Park-like grin – as if she has just swallowed the last note of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

She was doing it a lot on Tuesday night when a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament unanimously endorsed her to replace the retiring Stephen Conroy as the Labor Party’s nominated Senator for Victoria in the Federation Chamber of the 45th Parliament.

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