Bill Shorten ally Kimberley Kitching wins plum Senate spot

By Royce Millar and Ben Schneiders
Updated October 14 2016 - 7:10pm, first published October 13 2016 - 8:48pm
Kimberley Kitching. Photo: Eddie Jim
Kimberley Kitching. Photo: Eddie Jim
Andrew Landeryou. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Andrew Landeryou. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Stephen Conroy with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Stephen Conroy with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Bill Shorten has sparked a new Labor factional brawl in his home state of Victoria after backing controversial lawyer and close friend Kimberley Kitching to replace Stephen Conroy in his party's plum top Senate spot.

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