Tony recalls Sir Asher

Derek Barry
June 22 2016 - 10:53am
TREASURED MEMORY: Tony McGrady with a proud possession: a signed copy of Sir Asher Joel's book Australian Protocols and Procedures. Photo: Derek Barry
TREASURED MEMORY: Tony McGrady with a proud possession: a signed copy of Sir Asher Joel's book Australian Protocols and Procedures. Photo: Derek Barry

A friendship between a NSW national party grandee and a Queensland Labor man sounds unlikely, but that is what transpired between North West Star founder Sir Asher Joel and former state minister and mayor of Mount Isa Tony McGrady.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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