Tributes to former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson have extended across politics. Photo: Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS

True believer. Machine man. Political fixer. Factional hack. Labor giant. "Minister for kneecaps". Legend.

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Graham Richardson, who died on Saturday morning aged 76, could be any one of these things, depending on who you talk to - or most of those things, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

In a statement on Mr Richardson's passing, Mr Albanese acknowledged that Richardson was "often colourful, and sometimes controversial".

But Mr Albanese emphasised Mr Ric

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