Two colourful Australians from different sides of the political fence died today: former federal Labor MP Al Grassby, who was Immigration Minister under the Whitlam government, and former Country/National Party Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. One did much to broaden the definition of what it is to be Australian; the other was a populist who often played to people’s narrow prejudices. The ABC has extensive coverage of Bjelke-Petersen’s death, at 6pm, (including this article by Quentin Dempster) but rather less about Grassby. See also: debritz.com’s Celebrity Death Archive. (This entry was update on April 24.)