Victoria’s first female premier Joan Kirner has been remembered as the ultimate trailblazer whose love of Williamstown was matched only by her passion for education and equal rights for women. Fellow former premier and Willi local Steve Bracks remembers Ms Kirner as being the same person in private as she was in public. ■ Full story, page 13
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