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Norman Graham Freudenberg AM ( born 1934) is an Australian author and political speechwriter who worked in the Australian Labor Party for over forty years, beginning when he was appointed Arthur Calwell's press secretary in June 1961.
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He was raised in Brisbane. His father was a soldier who fought at Gallipoli and, being a patriot, he named his son after a former colonial Governor of Queensland, Field Marshal Sir Henry Norman. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, then studied journalism in Melbourne.
He has written over a thousand speeches for several leaders of the Australian Labor Party at both the New South Wales state and federal level. These have included Arthur Calwell, Gough Whitlam, Neville Wran, Bob Hawke, Barrie Unsworth, Bob Carr and Simon Crean. He was "centrally involved" in policy speeches for 14 federal elections and 9 New South Wales state elections.
In 1990 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
From 1995–1998 he served on the Council of the National Library of Australia.
In June 2005 he was inducted as a life member of the NSW ALP. He lives in retirement on Bribie Island, Queensland.