The death of Malcolm Fraser underwrites a great loss to Australia. . . I always thought Malcolm would be around a lot longer. I must say, I wished he had been.
We live in the shadow of crime with the unspoken understanding that we are victims. . of fear, of violence, of social impotence. A man has risen to show us that the power is, ans always has been, in our hands. We are under siege. He's showing us that we can resist.