The former minister and opposition leader died on Sunday, during travel in Europe.
A major figure in Australia’s trade union movement and opposition leader from 2001 until 2003, Mr Crean was in Berlin on a business trip when he died on Sunday.He was president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 1985 until 1990, and later served as a minister under Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
“History has vindicated Simon’s judgment, but at the time his stance was deeply counter to the prevailing political and media climate.”The Prime Minister called Mr Crean a great servant of the Labor Party and the labour movement. The Crean family said in a statement he had been married to his wife, Carole, for more than 50 years. The couple had two daughters.“Simon died suddenly after his morning exercise. He was in Berlin as part of an industry delegation,” the family said.“Thinking of Carole, the Creans, and the many who loved, respected and admired Simon,” he wrote on social media.
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