What is Graham Freudenberg?
'''Norman Graham Freudenberg''' [[Member of the Order of Australia|AM]] ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|r|uː|d|ən|b|ɜːr|g}} 12 May 1934 – 26 July 2019) was an Australian author and political [[speechwriter]]. He worked with the [[Australian Labor Party]] for over forty years. He was born in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. Freudenberg wrote over a thousand speeches for several leaders of the [[Australian Labor Party]] at both the [[Government of New South Wales|New South Wales]] state and [[Government of Australia|federal]] level.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jul/26/graham-freudenberg-revered-labor-speechwriter-dies-aged-85|title=Graham Freudenberg, revered Labor speechwriter, dies aged 85|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=26 July 2019}}</ref> Senior Labor Party leaders for whom he prepared speeches included [[Arthur Calwell]], [[Gough Whitlam]], [[Neville Wran]], [[Bob Hawke]], [[Barrie Unsworth]], [[Bob Carr]] and [[Simon Crean]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/obama-offers-hope-for-the-art-of-speechmaking-20080121-gdrxmc.html|title=Obama offers hope for the art of speechmaking|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=January 21, 2018}}</ref> On 26 July 2019, it was announced that Freudenberg had died after a long-illness, aged 85.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-26/gough-whitlam-speechwriter-graham-freudenberg-dies/11349020|title = Revered political speechwriter Graham Freudenberg dies after celebrated career|last = Macmillan|first = Jade|date = 26 July 2019|access-date = 26 July 2019|work = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Freudenberg, Graham}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Political writers]] [[Category:Writers from Brisbane]] {{bio-stub}}