Simon Crean, former Labor and ACTU leader, dies aged 74
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Simon Crean, a former Labor opposition leader, has died suddenly while in Germany, aged 74.
Crean, who served in parliament from 1990 to 2013, was a minister in the Hawke, Keating, Rudd and Gillard governments.
He was opposition leader between 2001 and 2003, when he was replaced by Mark Latham.
Under his leadership, Labor opposed Australia’s...