Graham Freudenberg

Norman Graham Freudenberg AM (/ˈfruːdənbɜːrɡ/ 12 May 1934 – 26 July 2019) was an Australian author and political speechwriter. He worked with the Australian Labor Party for over forty years. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland.

Freudenberg wrote over a thousand speeches for several leaders of the Australian Labor Party at both the New South Wales state and federal level.^[1] Senior Labor Party leaders for whom he prepared speeches included Arthur Calwell, Gough Whitlam, Neville Wran, Bob Hawke, Barrie Unsworth, Bob Carr and Simon Crean.^[2]

On 26 July 2019, it was announced that Freudenberg had died after a long-illness, aged 85.^[3]