Nino Randazzo (22 July 1932 – 10 July 2019) was an

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journalist and politician. He arrived in Australia as a young man and for 30 years served as the editor of ''

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'', one of the country's largest non-English newspapers. In 2006, he was elected to the Italian Senate as an overseas candidate.

Biography

Born in

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, in the Aeolian Islands, and emigrated to Australia in 1952. As a young man in

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he was a member of the anti-communist Democratic Labor Party (DLP), and was a parliamentary candidate for the DLP in 1964. He was later editor of the Melbourne

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daily newspaper ''

'' for 30 years. Randazzo was elected to the Italian Senate in the 2006 Italian general elections, as an overseas candidate for the centre-left coalition

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(The Union). He was on the same ticket as Marco Fedi, who was elected to the

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. In December 2007, investigators into the case of alleged attempts by

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to influence

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stumbled upon evidence that Berlusconi had tried to corrupt Randazzo to cease his support for Prodi's government.

References

1932 births 2019 deaths People from the Province of Messina Italian emigrants to Australia Democratic Labor Party (historical) politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Senators of Legislature XV of Italy Senators of Legislature XVI of Italy Politicians of Sicily Journalists from Sicily {{Australia-politician-stub