Labor MP Peta Murphy dies at 50; Dutton pushes preventive detention debate

Labor MP Peta Murphy died at age 50 after a prolonged illness, leaving her family and parliamentary colleagues grieving the loss of an advocate for vulnerable communities.

In a week that asked much of Australian democracy, Parliament paused to grieve the loss of Peta Murphy — a Labor MP who worked until nearly the end of her life defending those with the least power to defend themselves. Even as the flag fell to half-mast over Canberra, the machinery of governance pressed forward: an opposition leader sought to place preventive detention on the national cabinet agenda, and transport workers prepared to withdraw their labor in pursuit of fair wages. The week held, in miniature, the full weight of what governing a society requires — mourning and legislation, solid

Labor MP Peta Murphy dies at 50; Dutton pushes preventive detention debate

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