Labor figures want Senator Kitching’s successor to be chosen as quickly as possible to stop the infighting that has plagued the party since her death on March 10.
In her first public interview since the mean girls scandal broke last week, Ms Wong denied suggestions Labor had failed to own up to its failures in the past and that there is a double standard.
Penny Wong admitted she had been insensitive to Kimberly Kitching in the lead up to her death but rejected claims she and the Mean Girls had bullied the former Labor MP.
Among the mourners at St Patrick s Cathedral will be Labor mean girls Penny Wong, Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher, along with Labor leader Anthony Albanese and former leader Bill Shorten.
Senator Pauline Hanson has called out Penny Wong and Kristina Keneally for their alleged “bully” behaviour following claims the late Kimberley Kitching was mistreated by a “mean girls” clique within the Labor Party.