By BRUCE HAWKER | 15 May 2018
If there is a common denominator to the reforms Frank Walker introduced it is that they were aimed at improving the lot of the men, women and children in our society who are least able to defend themselves – the dispossessed and marginalised minorities. The very people who Donald Trump targets, defames and demonises. In all my years in politics, I cannot recall another state politician with such a consistently strong record of empowering the powerless. And this conviction made Frank a difficult person for his own cabinet colleagues to handle. Continue reading “Populists, demagogues and celebrities. Challenges for progressive campaigning in the age of Trump — 2018 Frank Walker memorial lecture”