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In the 1950s he \nwas a key figure in the tumultuous split of the Australian Labor Party. \nHe subsequently enjoyed great influence as a public commentator on his \ntelevision program \u003ci\u003ePoint of View\u003c\/i\u003e and in his weekly column in \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e.\n Santamaria had a strong social conscience and spent much of his time \nhelping the underprivileged. Although he began as an advocate and \nchampion of the Catholic Church, he spent much of his last decades \nopposing some of its activities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished for the 100th anniversary of Santamaria's birth, \u003ci\u003eSantamaria: A Most Unusual Man\u003c\/i\u003e\n is an authoritative biography from Gerard Henderson, a close colleague \nuntil a disagreement saw the two men estranged and never reconciled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n        \n        \u003ch2 class=\"detail-page-promotional-headline\"\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerard Henderson BA \u003c\/b\u003e(Hons), LLB, PhD is executive director of the Sydney Institute and a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/i\u003e. He also appears regularly on ABC TV's program\u003ci\u003e Insiders \u003c\/i\u003eand writes a weekly blog, \u003ci\u003eMedia Watch Dog\u003c\/i\u003e. 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