Contentious premiers Daniel Andrews and Mark McGowan along with former Labor leader Simon Crean head a slimmed-down honours list.
The former premier’s public health role and Big Build legacy have helped put him in the company of next governor-general Sam Mostyn on this year’s honours list.
Simon Crean was a union and political leader,but mourners at his state funeral learnt that,at heart,his family was the fulcrum of his life.
Whistleblower Samantha Crompvoets should be applauded,not vilified.
The politician’s unpopular political views were a sign of his basic decency and principles.
The Coalition wants any flyers distributed by Labor on the Voice to give equal arguments to both the Yes and No campaigns. But a flyer in my letterbox from my MP Peter Dutton was clearly a scare campaign brochure.
Simon Crean needed all the resilience he could muster for the years of leadership strife in which he swirled.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed Crean will be given a state funeral,saying his passing was a “great loss for the labour movement,but a great loss for our nation as well”.
During his brief time as opposition leader,Simon Crean put some steel back into the Labor Party’s spine.
The former federal opposition leader’s stance against sending Australian troops to Iraq was criticised at the time but it was ultimately vindicated.
Simon Crean excoriated John Howard’s decision to commit Australia troops to Iraq,in an address to parliament that helped shaped his legacy.