Labor to examine internal culture in ‘ongoing way’ after questions about Kimberley Kitching treatment

Labor has faced questions about the treatment of Senator Kimberley Kitching, who died from a suspected heart attack, aged 52, in Melbourne. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Labor’s deputy leader, Richard Marles, says the party will assess its internal culture in “an ongoing way” after facing a barrage of questions about whether the late senator Kimberley Kitching was bullied and ostracised by senior colleagues.

Marles said on Thursday he understood the “legitimacy of asking questions” about events prior to Kitching’s sudden death at the age of 52.