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| Subject: Good riddance: Ex Ozschwitz PM Bob Hawke dies Thu May 16, 2019 6:37 pm | |
| There were the four federal election victories and the distinction of being Labor's longest-serving prime minister but Bob Hawke transcended politics and came to personify a certain sort of Australian who, while rooted in the federation, gazed steadfastly to the future.
He was unusual for a politician. In a profession in which the appearance of certitude is a prerequisite, he introduced Australians to the new idea that human frailty was neither contemptible or to be feared.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/labor-s-golden-boy-who-transformed-a-nation-20181206-p50kkt.html |
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