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South Australia has been remembering former Labor Premier Don Dunstan, today on what would have been his 100th birthday. His leadership spanned the 1970s, becoming known as the Dunstan Decade an era that saw social and legal reform, and a share of controversy.

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00:01He was South Australia's premier with flair.
00:05Renowned for his style and pink shorts, but Don Dunstan was more than that.
00:10And today it was the former Labour leader's political legacy that was remembered, 100 years on from his birth.
00:16Don Dunstan was instrumental in bringing about substantial, lasting change.
00:22From legislation improving rights for the Aboriginal community, to decriminalising homosexuality,
00:27investing in the arts and strengthening consumer rights, his focus was varied.
00:33It was in many ways the breadth of his vision and the breadth of the changes that he brought in
00:39that made him such an unusual figure.
00:42Dunstan embraced multiculturalism.
00:44I think the continuation of the white Australia policy is disastrous for Australia.
00:48And was committed to rejuvenating the city.
00:51The whole lifestyle, the fact that we have such a vibrant cultural life,
00:56the fact that we have so many arts and events.
01:00He stood tall at Glenelg, defying a clairvoyance prediction of a tidal wave.
01:07But there was failure.
01:09His vision for a future city at Monato didn't eventuate.
01:13And the Salisbury affair became quite the controversy after Dunstan sacked the police commissioner in 1978.
01:19The problem was that he did it very quickly and without explaining it to the public.
01:26It was a moment that preceded his retirement, ending the Dunstan decade still remembered today.
01:32He went to Arizona.
01:38When he was on the TV show for the first audience,
01:38So here is a great deal with the human rights to the people of the government.
01:38The comment was dropped by the poet.
01:38You can also find the two women's body care and boobs.
01:38The five women's body, the nine women's body care of the female race.
01:39The seven women's body care and the two women's body care to the human rights.
01:39So here, the three women's body care and the one women's body care of those demands.
01:39The four women's body care for the women's body care for the people of the family issues.
01:39And that's the five women's body care of the women's body.
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