Praise for Crean the believer | Dandenong Star Journal starcommunity.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from starcommunity.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The former Labor leader died aged 74 while travelling in Europe for business and trade meetings. He was hiking in Germany and is believed to have suffered a heart attack.
Politician Simon Crean remembered as a courageous son of the Labor movement at state funeral abc.net.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc.net.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Simon Crean's first office was in the heart of Oakleigh - Greek Melbourne - he was our representative Simon's lifelong bond with and affection for the Australian Greek community did not begin with his election to the seat of Hotham in the Federal Parliament in 1990.
Former Liberal-National Coalition prime ministers, as well as Labor Party and trade union leaders, have lionised Crean as a “giant” of the “labour movement” and a “servant” of the nation.