'Mean girls' and Australian politics: What the story leaves out.
Published on Mamamia
March 24, 2022
The late Senator Kimberley Kitching loved her dogs.
Ever-political, she and her husband Andrew Landeryou named them Ronnie and Nancy-Jane - after the late former US president Ronald Reagan and his two wives. Her furry companions were a “particular passion”, and even got a shout-out in her maiden speech to parliament in 2016.
Because she cared deeply about animal welfare - and she cared about human rights too.
Kitching was a staunch advocate for introducing the Magnitsky bill to the Senate. It’s now firmed into legislation, and is being used to impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs and pressure Putin over Russia’s war on Ukraine.