Bob Hawke
by Miroslava Jurcik
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Bob Hawke
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Miroslava Jurcik
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Photograph - Photograph
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Robert James Lee Hawke, 23rd prime minister of Australia, the longest serving labour pm.
Hawke’s supporters continued lobbying for him to replace Hayden, who was persuaded to resign the leadership. He did so on 3 February 1983, 20 minutes after the Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, called a general election.
Under Bob Hawke, the Australian Labor Party won four elections in a row. During his first term in office, Hawke gained the highest popularity rating of any Prime Minister since the introduction of public opinion polls.
He was removed by his own party while still in office, when successfully challenged by Paul Keating in December 1991.
The plan was introduced in 1975 by the Whitlam Government as Medibank, and was limited to paying customers only in 1976 by the Fraser Government. Hawke reintroduced universal health care in 1984 as Medicare. Best decision ever made !!!
Under Hawke’s leadership, changes to Australia’s education and training system began in 1984 and continued over the following years. Changes included: amalgamations of smaller tertiary training institutions; creation of new universities from former Colleges of Advanced Education; the setting of national curriculum standards for schools; upgrading of the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) sector; and the establishment of national training and qualification standards.
He was also known for being ladies man and for the love of beer.
Bob and Hazel Hawke’s marriage ended after he had quit Parliament. In 1995 he married the author Blanche D’Alpuget.
At 87 Bob Hawke’s most enduring legacy will be to have his face on a beer can, "Hawke's Lager ". He agreed to lend his name to the venture on condition that a percentage of beer sales profits were ploughed into rural programs around Australia.
He was very popular and loved prime minister.
This picture was taken at the Sydney wax museum !
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June 20th, 2017
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