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Former NSW Premier John Fahey, who championed Sydney Olympics bid, dies aged 75 – SBS News
The former NSW premier and Howard government minister is being remembered as a ‘wonderful role model to generations of Liberals’.
John Fahey is being remembered for his exuberant leap of joy when Australia was awarded the Sydney Olympics, as tributes flow for the former NSW premier and federal politician.
News broke on Saturday of Mr Fahey’s recent death. He was aged 75.
Born in New Zealand, Mr Fahey dedicated almost two decades of his life to public service, leading NSW as premier from 1992 to 1995.
He was elected as state member for Camden in 1984, but after his term as premier, made the switch to federal politics.
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