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in 1977. He was successful, and remained a
Liberal senator for Victoria until his retirement in 1990. A strong supporter of improving the function of the Senate as a house of review, he was Chairman of Committees as well as Deputy President of the Senate from 1983–1990.
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as a way to collect and make accessible
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Hamer died of leukaemia in 2002 (aged 78). His publications include:
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612:"HAMER, David John (1923–2002)"
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