What the nation s papers say today, Feb 8, 1999

AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-1999
What the nation s papers say today, Feb 8, 1999

SYDNEY, Feb 8 AAP - Former South Australian premier Don Dunstan was a man ahead of his
time, The Australian said in its editorial today.

Paying tribute to Mr Dunstan, who died on the weekend after a fight with cancer, the
newspaper said he had been a champion of multicultural, industrial democracy, consumer
protection, civil liberties and Aboriginal land rights.

" ... (Mr Dunstan) will be remembered, not only for the social reforms his administration
engendered but for the controversies spawned by his lifestyle - and the hatreds his ideas and …