RICHARD PREBBLE: A grumpy old man

RICHARD PREBBLE: A grumpy old man

I remember being 16 years old. Only my friend Jim Middleton, who went on to become the ABC’s chief political correspondent in Canberra, and I had any interest in politics.At university among my fellow students, it was only the Vietnam War and the fear that we might be conscripted that generated interest in politics.And me? I organised parliamentary campaigns before I was old enough to vote. At 18 I was responsible for a campaign budget large eno…