(1926-07-12)12 July 1926 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
23 April 2005(2005-04-23) (aged 78)
Political party
Australian Labor Party
Spouse
Ellnor Grassby
Occupation
Journalist
Albert Jaime Grassby, AM (12 July 1926 – 23 April 2005) was an Australian politician who served as Minister for Immigration in the Labor Whitlam government. He completed reforms in immigration and human rights, and is often known as the father of Australian "multiculturalism".[1][2] He gained notoriety by acting as an agent of influence for the Calabrian criminal network that murdered anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay.[3]
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Albert Jaime Grassby, AM (12 July 1926 – 23 April 2005) was an Australian politician who served as Minister for Immigration in the Labor Whitlam government...
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five of its Senate seats. AlGrassby, who was Minister for Immigration in the Labor Whitlam government, lost his seat. Grassby's actions as immigration minister...
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the bordering Division of Parkes. The seat has previously been held by AlGrassby, Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government. The current Member...
also served as an alderman on the Deniliquin Council and campaigned for AlGrassby in the 1972 Australian federal election. "'Beautiful Sunday' at APRA search...
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hours per week. In June 1975 at the behest of Minister for Immigration AlGrassby, two "experimental" radio stations began broadcasting: 2EA in Sydney and...
to whom Ted objects, often referring to him as a "bloody wog" and an "AlGrassby Groupie". Humour was generated by the conflict of Ted's traditional views...
Flags Act. King stated in parliament that former immigration minister AlGrassby had attested to a precedent where the Eureka Flag was flown from the old...
Ellnor Judith Grassby (née Louez; born 14 January 1937) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the multi-member single constituency...
Australia first began to adopt a policy of what Minister of Immigration AlGrassby termed "multiculturalism". The development of Australia's multicultural...
However, three days later high-profile Labor Party Immigration Minister AlGrassby said: "The Stones are an excellent example to Australian youth. I told...
foreign-born populace post World War Two.[citation needed] In January 1975, AlGrassby, the Commissioner of Community Relations at the time, approached future...
"Liza with a Z". Series 1 episode 7 (July 1975) Norman Gunston interviews AlGrassby; Bobbi Sykes; Little Pattie; and Cheech & Chong. Norman's dreamtime segment:...
Riordan Frank Stewart 8 Joe Berinson Fred Collard Jim Cope Gil Duthie AlGrassby Richard Klugman Allan Mulder Rex Patterson Liberal 38 18 John Bourchier...
advisor was John Bannon, later Premier of South Australia. Following AlGrassby's defeat at the 1974 election, Cameron became Minister for Labour and Immigration...
Liberals' Sir Robert Askin in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1977, Wran supported AlGrassby, former Federal Immigration Minister, in allowing Domenico Barbaro, a...
various bodies created to support multiculturalism over the years: 1973 – AlGrassby, Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government, issued a reference...
the Labor government of Gough Whitlam, the Minister for Immigration, AlGrassby, recommended the establishment of ethnic broadcasting stations. The scheme...
An account of the English colony in New South Wales. Vol. 2. p. 27. AlGrassby and Marji Hill, Six Australian Battlefields, North Ryde: Angus &Robertson...
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