Selasa, 29 April 2014

Labor luminaries to join Wran mourners (AAP)

AAP Labor luminaries will be among those honouring former NSW premier Neville Wran at a state funeral.AAP Labor luminaries will be among those honouring former NSW premier Neville Wran at a state funeral.

Former prime ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating will be among up to 1500 people expected at the state funeral of former NSW premier Neville Wran in Sydney on Thursday.

Mr Keating and former Labor NSW premier and recent federal foreign minister Bob Carr will deliver tributes to Mr Wran, who led NSW for more than a decade from 1976 and has been hailed as one of Australia's most successful political leaders.

Mr Wran died at a Sydney nursing home on April 20, aged 87, after suffering dementia for several years.

NSW Premier Mike Baird said Mr Wran was a "towering figure" and the state funeral, which will be held at the Sydney Town Hall at 11am, was an appropriate gesture.

"It is an entirely fitting tribute to a man who has left his mark on this state," Mr Baird said.

Former High Court judge Michael Kirby and Rodney Cavalier, a minister in the Wran government, will also deliver addresses at the funeral.

Mr Wran's widow, Jill Hickson, and his children are also expected to give tributes and a video commemoration of his time in public life will be shown.

Mr Wran was premier of NSW from May 1976 to June 1986, winning four elections including the massive 1978 and 1981 "Wranslide" victories.

Controversy touched his career when Mr Wran stood down as premier for three months during a 1983 Royal Commission investigation into allegations of attempting to influence a magistrate.

He was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Before entering politics Mr Wran was a successful barrister, and following his resignation in 1986 he forged a career in business, partnering with Malcolm Turnbull, now federal minister for communications, in a number of ventures.


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