Norman Graham Freudenberg AM (/ˈfruːdənbɜːrɡ/; 12 May 1934 – 26 July 2019) was an Australian journalist, author and political advisor and speechwriter who worked with the Australian Labor Party for over forty years, beginning when he was appointed Arthur Calwell's press secretary in June 1961.
[2] 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 Marshall Sir Henry Norman.
[6] Freudenberg wrote over a thousand speeches for several leaders of the Australian Labor Party at both the federal and state level, representing New South Wales.
[10] In 1990 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of "services to journalism, to parliament, and to politics".
[12] In June 2005, Freudenberg was inducted as a lifetime member of the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch).