The Independent - London, February 17th, 1999
DON DUNSTAN made more of an impact on Australia than almost any other state political leader. State politics are usually mun- dane affairs, overshadowed by the federal scene in Canberra. But when Dunstan ruled as premier of the Labor government in South Australia from 1970 to 1979, the "Dunstan decade" put that state on the map with a series of groundbreaking social reforms. His was the first government in Australia to introduce land rights for Aborigines, decriminalise homosexual acts, appoint a woman judge and introduce anti- discrimination legislation.
Dunstan was a man of vision, a noncon...
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