Once were campus warriors

By Gary Newman
Updated September 21 2012 - 4:08pm, first published September 4 2012 - 3:00am
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Caught in the crush: Malcolm Fraser surrounded by police and protesters.
Caught in the crush: Malcolm Fraser surrounded by police and protesters.
Lindsay Tanner: "A lot of demonstrations have a rythm.''
Lindsay Tanner: "A lot of demonstrations have a rythm.''
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IN THE photographs, he seems to be floating above the melee, his famously impassive face showing just the slightest hint of unease. It's August 1976 and Malcolm Fraser is surrounded by demonstrators and police during a visit to Monash University. Despite his apparent stoicism, there's no doubting the prime minister's predicament.

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