Australia s longest serving deputy prime minister Doug Anthony has died, aged 90.
His family confirmed the former Nationals leader died peacefully in the Heritage Lodge aged-care home in Murwillumbah in far northern NSW on Sunday morning.
Mr Anthony was leader of the Country Party/National Party for 12 years and deputy prime minister for nearly 10, influencing coalition policies for much of the 1970s and 1980s.
He served under six prime ministers, starting with Sir Robert Menzies.
Former deputy prime minister and Nationals leaderDoug Anthony (pictured in 1999 with wife Margot) died on Sunday, aged 90
Prime Minister Scott Morrison hailed Mr Anthony as a man with no pretences who was passionate about regional Australia .
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