Graham ‘Richo’ Richardson, former Labor party powerbroker, dies aged 76

<p>Former NSW senator and right factional enforcer has died aged 76 after a long period of ill health</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/08/graham-richardson-hard-nosed-former-labor-minister-and-numbers-man-obituary">Obituary: Graham Richardson, hard-nosed former Labor minister and numbers man</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Anthony Albanese has led tributes to the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/08/graham-richardson-hard-nosed-former-labor-minister-and-numbers-man-obituary">former Labor powerbroker Graham “Richo” Richardson</a>, acknowledging him as a flawed but loyal and “larger-than-life character”.</p><p>Richardson, a senator for New South Wales between 1983 and 1994 and a minister in the Hawke and Keating governments, died early Saturday morning aged 76.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/08/graham-richardson-dies-richo-former-labor-party-powerbroker-dead-at-76">Continue reading...</a>