Controversial and Game-Changing: Death of Labor Fixer Divides Those Who Knew Him

Former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson at the Badgery’s Creek NSW parliamentary inquiry in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 19, 2009. AAP Image/Tracey NearmyAuthor of a political memoir called “Whatever It Takes,” Graham Richardson never shied away from his reputation as a “fixer” and one of the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) most ruthless operators.Indeed, some say he revelled in it—being called to a meeting with “Richo” was sometimes enough to have a wavering MP change their mind before a word was spoken.