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Victorian Labor senator Linda White\’s death was announced on Friday morning. She was elected to the Senate in the 2022 federal election.
White\’s been remembered as \”compassionate, smart and unyielding\” and an \”intelligent force for good\”.
Victorian Labor senator Linda White\’s death was announced on Friday morning. She was elected to the Senate in the 2022 federal election.
White\’s been remembered as \”compassionate, smart and unyielding\” and an \”intelligent force for good\”.
Victorian Labor senator Linda White has passed away after a health battle.
The exact cause of death has not been disclosed.
White was elected to the Senate in the 2022 federal election.
In February, she announced she would take leave from the Senate due to health issues.
Before entering federal politics, she worked for 10 years as a solicitor, while also serving as the assistant national secretary of the Australian Services Union from 1995 to 2020.
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Linda White (right) worked in law and the union movement before joining federal politics. Source: Twitter / Anthony Albanese
She also spent a 10-year period as the vice president of the ACTU.
Workplace Minister Tony Burke said White had left an \”extraordinary legacy\”.
\”Linda campaigned for years in the union movement for ,\” he said on X, formerly Twitter.
\”As a senator, she helped make it law so no one would have to choose between safety and pay.\”
Greens senator David Shoebridge said the upper house had lost a \”fundamentally decent, honest, empathetic and intelligent force for good\”.
\”Right now, I’m remembering all the good she did, the principles she held and thinking of her family, friends and colleagues,\” he said.
Victorian state parliament upper house member Sonja Terpstra said the late senator was a dedicated and hard-working warrior.
\”A strong female lead, compassionate, smart and unyielding. Will be sadly missed,\” she said.
