Former prime minister Tony Abbott mentioned he acquired his first sense of Richardson by means of the Labor big’s memoir, Whatever It Takes, which Abbott joked was thought to be “an instruction guide in Machiavellian bastardry”.
“I believed it was a passionate man’s trustworthy account of how greatest to reconcile the usually conflicting duties to nation, to occasion and to colleagues,” Abbott mentioned.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott mentioned Richardson was a cheerful warrior of public life.Credit: James Brickwood
“In it, he wrote, one thing occurs to the boys we make prime minister. A couple of years within the job, and so they change, all the time for the more severe … so Anthony, there’s something to be mentioned for having solely two years on prime,” he mentioned to laughs from the gang.
“Graham was the final word pleased warrior of our public life, a tough diamond, to make certain, however a gem,” Abbott added.
