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STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Jane Lomax-Smith - The Don Dunstan Foundation

2 May 2022

Though, I don't know why, because of course, the Premier refused to have a part in it, and it was the West End around the University of South Australia and on the stairs, and it was quite fun. [...] And I remember that I refused to eat in the kitchen because I didn't want to speak to Steven and I was there to visit Don. [...] But I was never a member of the Labor Party, and so I was quite surprised when he died that I was invited to be the emcee. [...] And I think one of the disappointments, and I think this is particularly true of the conservative side of government, is that conservative politicians hate bureaucracies with a loathing and they think they're the enemy. [...] But I think that the challenge is now to make people understand the legacy and the opportunities in politics and I think that's one of the ways the foundation will change in the next year or so.

Authors

Trudy Dalgetty

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Australia