The Prime Minister choked back tears as he told reporters of her passing at a snap press conference in Canberra.

“A short time ago Peta Murphy passed away at home. Which was her wish. Her husband of 24 years, Rod, was with her. Along with her parents, and her sisters,” he said.

“Every one of us in the Labor family is broken-hearted.”

Ms Murphy was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 and was told her cancer had returned just days after she was sworn in as the member for Dunkley in 2019.

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