Dick Hamer: The Liberal Liberal
Colebatch, Tim
He was the reformer who made Victoria a leader in social equality, the arts, and the environment. He and his government built the underground rail loop, decriminalised homosexuality, abolished
capital punishment, and outlawed sexual discrimination in the workplace.
Hamer and his team ended the demolition of the inner suburbs, preserved the best of the state's buildings and landscapes, and set aside large areas of diverse ecosystems as nation...