Labor MP Peta Murphy Dies Aged 50 After Cancer Battle

Published on December 4, 2023

Labor MP Peta Murphy has died at home surrounded by family after a battle with breast cancer. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the death of the MP for Dunkley at a media conference in Canberra on Monday. “Every one of us in the Labor family is broken-hearted by the death of our beloved Peta Murphy,” he said of the 50-year-old Victorian. “Peta Murphy was brave, she was courageous, and she was loved.” In 2019, two weeks before being sworn in, she was told her breast cancer had returned. In her first speech she vowed to use her public platform to help others....

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