Labor MP Peta Murphy dies aged 50 after cancer battle

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese introduced the demise of the MP for Dunkley at a media convention in Canberra on Monday.

“Each one among us within the Labor household is broken-hearted by the demise of our beloved Peta Murphy,” he stated of the 50-year-old Victorian.

“Peta Murphy was courageous, she was brave, and he or she was liked.”

In 2019, two weeks earlier than being sworn in, she was informed her breast most cancers had returned.

In her first speech she vowed to make use of her public platform to assist others.

“Girls, examine your breasts. Males, cease ignoring what your physique is telling you.”

Murphy was first recognized with breast most cancers in 2011 simply earlier than she was resulting from transfer to San Francisco along with her husband Rod.

Earlier than getting into parliament, Ms Murphy served as a barrister and Victorian public defender, earlier than working as a chief of workers to now Labor minister Brendan O’Connor.

Albanese stated the late MP was a lot admired and revered in parliament and amongst her voters.

“The individuals Peta represented admired her dedication, they revered her ardour, they usually responded, above all, to her absolute authenticity,” he stated.

“It was at all times clear simply how a lot Peta cared for her neighborhood, her colleagues and our nation … proper up until final week, she insisted on coming to parliament.”

International Minister Penny Wong paid tribute to Ms Murphy on the ground of the Senate on Monday.

“She was liked, she was revered by all of us, vastly admired by her neighborhood that she represented with ardour and dedication even by means of all her sickness,” she stated.

“Peta’s energy was unmatched, and he or she can be vastly missed by us all.”

Labor MP Andrew Leigh, who labored alongside Murphy within the late Nineteen Nineties, stated she was obsessed with social justice and curious in regards to the world.

“The world wants extra Peta Murphies, and the entire parliament will miss her,” he stated on the social media platform X, previously generally known as Twitter.

Opposition international spokesman Simon Birmingham additionally expressed sympathies to the late MP’s household in parliament.

“Peta Murphy performed herself as an distinctive member of parliament, however significantly confirmed such energy, such grace, such dedication throughout her battle with most cancers,” he stated.

Housing Minister Julie Collins stated Murphy was “an inspiration in so some ways”, whereas Treasurer Jim Chalmers stated she was “an absolute gem of an individual”.

Greens chief Adam Bandt stated Murphy was a lot revered in Victoria.

“We’re all poorer with out her.”

– AAP

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