"A great advocate for regional Australia" tributes pouring in for Tim Fischer

By Carla Mascarenhas
Updated August 22 2019 - 5:18pm, first published 5:00pm
Tim Fischer (left) speaking to NSW Liberal Party President Peter King at the National Party conference in Port Macquarie in 1992. (Photo: Bruce Milton Miller/Fairfax Media).
Tim Fischer (left) speaking to NSW Liberal Party President Peter King at the National Party conference in Port Macquarie in 1992. (Photo: Bruce Milton Miller/Fairfax Media).

LOCAL tributes are pouring in for former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer who has died at the age of 73 after a decade-long battle with cancer.

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