Graham Richardson
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The Honourable Graham Richardson |
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| Senator for New South Wales | |
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In office 5 March 1983 – 25 March 1994 |
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| Succeeded by | Michael Forshaw |
| Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | |
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In office 1 March 1994 – 25 March 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Ros Kelly |
| Succeeded by | John Faulkner |
| Minister for Health | |
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In office 24 March 1993 – 25 March 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Brian Howe |
| Succeeded by | Carmen Lawrence |
| Vice-President of the Executive Council | |
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In office 1 February 1991 – 18 May 1992 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Kim Beazley |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Willis |
| Minister for Transport and Communications | |
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In office 27 December 1991 – 18 May 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | John Kerin |
| Succeeded by | Bob Collins |
| Minister for Social Security | |
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In office 4 April 1990 – 27 December 1991 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Brian Howe |
| Succeeded by | Neal Blewett |
| Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | |
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In office 19 January 1988 – 4 April 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | John Brown |
| Succeeded by | Ros Kelly |
| Minister for the Environment and the Arts | |
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In office 24 July 1987 – 19 January 1988 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Barry Cohen |
| Succeeded by | Ros Kelly |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 September 1949 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Cheryl Gardener (m. 1973) (sep.) Amanda |
| Children | Matthew Richardson D'Arcy Richardson |
| Profession | Politician |
| Nickname | Richo |
Graham Frederick Richardson (27 September 1949), a former Australian politician, was a Senator for New South Wales from 1983–94 for the Australian Labor Party, a senior minister in Hawke and Keating governments, and is now a political lobbyist, public speaker, and media commentator. During his time in politics, Richardson was often referred to as a right-wing power broker. Prior to entering parliament, Richardson was a Labor Party branch organiser and held the position of General Secretary of the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) from 1976 to 1983.
Since retiring from politics, Richardson has become a political commentator for Sky News Live, and hosts two weekly commmentary programs, Richo and Richo + Jones.
Richardson, born in Sydney, was the only surviving child of Fred and Peggy Richardson, who were respectively New South Wales State Secretary and office manager of the Amalgamated Postal and Telecommunications Union. Raised as a Catholic, he was influenced as an adolescent by the factional fights that arose during the Labor split. His early years of schooling were at Marist College Kogarah. In November 1965, he was seriously injured in a car accident, in which his father was driving, at Tom Ugly Bridge at Dolls Point, resulting in the removal of his spleen, a torn bowel and 200 stitches to his face. A Catholic priest gave Richardson with last rites on two occasions in hospital. He later recalled:
Nevertheless, Richardson completed his schooling at Sydney Technical High School, where he passed his Leaving Certificate. From 1966, he was active in the Catholic Youth Organisation, a recruiting ground for the right wing of Young Labor, where he formed friendships with Joe Hasham, Bob Scipelliti, and Brian Webb, the latter two acting as silent business partners for Richardson later in life. Motivated by the continued factional fighting impacting on his parents' life, Richardson joined the Monterey branch of the Labor Party in 1966, aged 17. Having earlier dropped out of an arts degree in 1969, Richardson followed his mother's encouragement and commenced studies for a Bachelor of Laws at Sydney University. Peggy Richardson died suddenly, aged 42, distracting Richardson from his studies as he threw himself into union and Labor politics.
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