Kimberley Kitching
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Senator Kimberley Kitching |
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| Senator for Victoria | |
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Assumed office 25 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Conroy |
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| Born | 1970 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Andrew Landeryou |
Kimberley Jane Elizabeth Kitching (born 1970) is an Australian lawyer, trade unionist and politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since October 2016, representing the state of Victoria.
Kitching was admitted as a solicitor by the Supreme Court of Queensland. In the private sector, she has worked for LookSmart before it was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange and Drake International where she worked as the head of Government and Corporate Relations.
Kitching worked as the General Manager of the Health Services Union's Victorian No. 1 Branch from December 2012 and left a few years later. In 2014, she was called to give evidence to the Royal Commission into trade union governance and corruption relating to her time with the Health Services Union.
In 2015 a Vice President of the Fair Work Commission found that Kitching had illegally completed testing on behalf of other union officials to gain right of entry permits.
Kitching had been involved in Victorian Labor politics for some time, working as the Vice President of the Australian Labor Party's Victorian Branch. She was a senior adviser in several ministries under Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and for the Treasurer in the Brumby Ministry government's Treasury. Kitching was a Melbourne City Councillor in the early 2000s.
In the 2013 Australian federal election, Kitching made an unsuccessful bid at Labor pre-selection for the Victorian Divisions of Lalor and Gellibrand. Her bid was unsuccessful due to opposition from the party, including from Stephen Conroy. Kitching is married to Australian political blogger Andrew Landeryou.
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