Vale: Richo was a wise, fair minded and practical politician, whose lifetime was given trying to make Australia a better place for future generations, your time in politics contributed a great deal to the foundation of our democracy, you were clearly saddened speaking to Paul Murray on Sky TV when you discussed the mess the current ALP had made of our once great country, fools whose political greed could not see the destruction they were creating. – Gil May, Cairns News contributor
From News Ltd
Former Labor senator, powerbroker and political commentator Graham “Richo” Richardson has died aged 76.
Richardson served as a cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments and was a Labor senator for NSW for the duration of his parliamentary career.
He was seen as a central figure in the Labor Party’s leadership coup in 1991 that resulted in Bob Hawke being replaced by then-Treasurer Paul Keating.
Richardson served as a cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments and was a Labor senator for NSW for the duration of his parliamentary career.
He was seen as a central figure in the Labor Party’s leadership coup in 1991 that resulted in Bob Hawke being replaced by then-Treasurer Paul Keating.
Richardson later became a political commentator and a regular contributor to Sky News Australia.
He died early on Saturday after years of health issues, issues.
But he had vowed to hang on till his son D’Arcy had completed his HSC exams – which he did on Thursday.
“When he had his big health challenge, he said to his wife Amanda, ‘I’m going to live till I see Darcy finish exams and his HSC’,” 2GB host Ben Fordham told the station on Saturday.
“Darcy did his last HSC exam on Thursday, which was his French exam. And Richo died this morning.”
Fordham said Richardson had suffered bouts of influenza and pneumonia and had been undergoing dialysis.
Richardson later became a political commentator and a regular contributor to Sky News Australia.
He died early on Saturday after years of health issues, issues.
But he had vowed to hang on till his son D’Arcy had completed his HSC exams – which he did on Thursday.
“When he had his big health challenge, he said to his wife Amanda, ‘I’m going to live till I see Darcy finish exams and his HSC’,” 2GB host Ben Fordham told the station on Saturday.
“Darcy did his last HSC exam on Thursday, which was his French exam. And Richo died this morning.”
Fordham said Richardson had suffered bouts of influenza and pneumonia and had been undergoing dialysis.
