Victoria’s elite gather as Melbourne farewells Tony Beddison
The southern capital’s captains of industry and powerbrokers on Tuesday farewelled businessman and philanthropist Tony Beddison, who passed away in mid-January.
The likes of trucking billionaire Lindsay Fox, former Victorian premier Ted Ballieu, broadcaster Neil Mitchell and News exec Peter Blunden gathered with former Royal Children’s Hospital chair Beddison’s family at St John’s Anglican Church in Toorak to pay tribute to the Beddison Group principal, who built his recruitment firm into a national giant.
A dedicated racing man, Beddison was a former director of the Mooney Valley Racing Club and a director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
Baillieu spoke at the church ceremony, which businessman and former president of the Victorian Liberal Party Michael Kroger also attended before moving onto the wake held at the Beddison family’s Toorak home.
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