Editing Billy Hughes (section)

==Legacy==
Hughes, a tiny, wiry man, with a raspy voice and an increasingly wizened face, was an unlikely national leader, but during the First World War he acquired a reputation as a war leader—the troops called him the "Little Digger"<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Australia: The Little Digger |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817195,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=24 September 2020 |date=10 November 1952}}</ref>—that sustained him for the rest of his life. He is remembered for his outstanding political and diplomatic skills, for his many witty sayings, and for his irrepressible optimism and patriotism. At the same time, the [[Australian labour movement]] never forgave him for defecting to the conservatives, and still considers him a "rat".{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
[[File:Billy Hughes bust.jpg|thumb|125px|upright|Bust of Billy Hughes by sculptor Wallace Anderson located in the [[Prime Ministers Avenue]] in the [[Ballarat Botanical Gardens]]]]