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Article: The political assassination of Dr. Hollingworth.(Australian Governor-General, former Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia)
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- National Observer - Australia and World Affairs
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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When Dr. Peter Hollingworth, the Governor-General, announced on 25 May 2003 his intention to resign he succumbed to one of the most unpleasant, politically-inspired witch-hunts of recent years. For some time he had been under distasteful attack by a coalition of Labor politicians and their supporters in the popular press (and especially in The Australian and The Age).
It will be recalled that Dr. Hollingworth, who had for many years had charge of the Brotherhood of St. Laurence (where his work for the poor was universally praised), later became Archbishop of Brisbane. In the latter position he was embarrassed to find that there had been child abuse by a small ...