Carter Edwards was an Australian music legend with an

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in 2020 for his time in radio presenting and winner of two

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as "Australia's Most Versatile Entertainer". He was the singing painter for nine years in the highly successful Clio International Award, winning "I Did It My Way" television commercials for Taubman's Paints. Edwards ran as a candidate for

Pauline Hanson's One Nation Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON), also known as One Nation (ON) or One Nation Party (ONP), is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia. It is led by Pauline Hanson. ...

party for the federal

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in the

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. He polled 8,326 votes, equivalent of 8.61% of the primary votes in the electorate. In March 2024 Carter died at the age of 81.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Carter 1942 births 2024 deaths Australian entertainers Australian radio presenters Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia