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Graham ‘Richo’ Richardson, former Labor party powerbroker, dies aged 76

australia newsNovember 8, 2025
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Graham ‘Richo’ Richardson, former Labor party powerbroker, dies aged 76
Former NSW senator and right factional enforcer has died aged 76 after a long period of ill health

Former NSW senator and right factional enforcer has died aged 76 after a long period of ill health

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Anthony Albanese has led tributes to the former Labor powerbroker Graham “Richo” Richardson, acknowledging him as a flawed but loyal and “larger-than-life character”.

Richardson, a senator for New South Wales between 1983 and 1994 and a minister in the Hawke and Keating governments, died early Saturday morning aged 76.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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