article_snippet: Prime Minister Tony Abbott today hailed Mr Fraser service, acknowledging Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Labor leader Gough Whitlam as 'fierce Australian patriots'. '
article_snippet: Mr Fraser held true to the belief that Mr Fraser actions were in the best interests of Australia...
article_snippet: Mr Fraser was rightly proud of the government in the Senate.'
article_snippet: In office, Mr Fraser championed a multicultural Australia, delivered self-government to the Northern Territory and established SBS and the Australian Federal Police.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser former treasurer and eventual successor, John Howard, praised his 'dominance' of the Liberal Party .
article_snippet: Former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd honoured Mr Fraser as a Liberal leader in the tradition of Alfred Deakin, the country's second leader. '
article_snippet: All Australians will recall Mr Fraser role in the controversy surrounding the dismissal in 1975,' Mr Fraser added. '
article_snippet: Mr Fraser will be remembered as a compassionate Australian, who cared for people at home or abroad, who had little or nothing to protect them.
article_snippet: Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: 'Mr Fraser a politician of principle and leader of compassion.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser held true to the belief that Mr Fraser actions were in the best interests of Australia.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser was determined to ‘turn on the lights’ and restore Australia’s economic fortunes.
article_snippet: The greatest win in Australian political history confirms that Mr Fraser had correctly read the mood of the public.
article_snippet: The friendship Mr Fraser built in later life with Gough Whitlam spoke volumes about the character of both men at the centre of The constitutional crisis of 1975: in both men own different ways, both men were both men fierce Australian patriots.
article_snippet: Under Mr Fraser leadership, self-government was conferred on the Northern Territory, the Commonwealth Ombudsman was established and our first Freedom of Information laws were enacted.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser subsequent appointment to roles with the United Nations and the Commonwealth of the United Nations reflected Mr Fraser high international standing.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser had a deep interest in the advancement of indigenous people.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser welcomed the re-settlement of tens of thousands of Vietnamese people in Australia who have subsequently added a rich, new dimension to our national life.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser was rightly proud of the government in the Senate.
article_snippet: As Mr Fraser said when Mr Fraser conceded defeat: Australia is handed over… in as good a condition or better condition than any other Western country in the world.