Thousands honour former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke at state memorial
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands of people gathered at Australia’s Sydney Opera House on Friday as a state memorial honoured former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, a transformative and charismatic left-wing lawmaker, who died last month aged 89. Hawke, who served as Australian prime minister from 1983 to 1991, enjoyed extraordinary popularity throughout and after leaving office largely […]
ESSAY: “THE GOLDEN BOWL IS BROKEN” – TRIBUTES TO AUSTRALIA’S BELOVED LARRIKIN LEADER
In an article first published on The Conversation, political commentator MICHELLE GRATTAN looks at reactions to the death of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke who passed away on Thurday at the age of 89…
Australia’s “larrikin” former Prime Minister Bob Hawke dies at 89
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Bob Hawke, a transformative and charismatic left-wing lawmaker with a “larrikin’ streak who served as Australian Prime Minister from 1983 to 1991, died on Thursday aged 89, his family said. “Today we lost Bob Hawke, a great Australian – many would say the greatest Australian of the post-war era,” his wife and former […]