‘Gifted Liar’: Graham Richardson has been a controversial figure for the Labor party . Picture: Sam Ruttyn Source: The Sunday Telegraph GRAHAM Richardson was a “gifted liar” and an “archetypal trickster” as Labor Party warlord, according to Bob Hawke’s biographer and wife Blanche d’Alpuget. Whatever adjectives you choose to describe him, just like his old […]
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Richo a tart for publicity
Former politician Graham Richardson. Piicture: Dean Martin Source: AdelaideNow KEVIN Rudd should not have wasted his air time on Graham Richardson, writes Samantha Maiden. ————————————————– GRAHAM Richardson was a “gifted liar”, and an “archetypal trickster” as Labor Party warlord, Bob Hawke’s biographer and wife Blanche d’Alpuget says. However you choose to describe him, just like […]
Rudd pins down cause of Richo syndrome
Updated October 07, 2011 15:33:43 Photo: Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says Graham Richardson is just missing the public spotlight. (AAP: Dave Hunt) Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has launched a bitter attack on former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson, saying he is suffering from “relevance deprivation syndrome”. Mr Rudd, who Mr Richardson says is working to seize […]
Gillard shrugs off Richo ‘gossip’ on Labor leadership
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, left, with Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce in Sydney yesterday attending a Qantas lecture. Picture: Noel Kessel. Source: The Daily Telegraph JULIA Gillard and some of her most senior colleagues have slapped down claims two Labor backbenchers are spearheading a backroom campaign to resurrect Kevin Rudd as leader. Former Labor powerbroker […]