He was “a man of many facets” the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said as he delivered the eulogy for the former senator and Labor minister Graham Richardson on Tuesday.
It was an understatement of monumental proportions. But as the Labor family gathered at St James’ church in Sydney to farewell “Richo”, the controversial Labor powerbroker, federal minister and, in later life, political commentator and broadcaster on Sky News, there was a remembrance of his achievements.
