The Independent - London, July 16th, 1994
ONE OF the most turbulent eras in Australian politics finally closed with a thud yesterday when a former Labor Party leader, once touted as a future prime minister, was sentenced to two years in prison for taking public money under false pretences.
Brian Burke, a former premier of Western Australia, stood impassively in the Perth District Court, flanked by his weeping wife and family, as the judge pronounced a sentence which sent shock waves through Australia's ruling Labor Party.
Burke is the first head of government in Australia to be imprisoned for a criminal offence since the country's f...
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