Bill Shorten forced to defend Kimberley Kitching elevation to the Senate as government goes on attack

By Deborah Snow
Updated October 17 2016 - 4:18pm, first published 12:15am
Senator Arthur Sinodinos fronts the media in Sydney on Sunday. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Senator Arthur Sinodinos fronts the media in Sydney on Sunday. Photo: Wolter Peeters

Cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos has launched an attack on Labor's choice of former union official Kimberley Kitching​ to replace Stephen Conroy in the Senate, saying she had been referred for "further investigation" by the Heydon royal commission into union misconduct.

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