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The Bob Hawke Gallery in Bordertown, which contains memorabilia from his life, was opened by Hawke in 2002. [151] Hawke House, the house in Bordertown where Hawke spent his early childhood, was purchased by the Australian Government in 2021 and opened as an accommodation and function space in May 2024.
The Hawke government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1983 to 1991. The government followed the Liberal-National Coalition Fraser government and was succeeded by another Labor administration, the Keating government, led by Paul Keating after an internal party leadership challenge in 1991.
According to the Nielsen Poll (available since 1972), Bob Hawke had the highest approval rating in November 1984, [7] with 75%, and the lowest was William McMahon, with a 34% approval rating. Highest Nielsen Poll ratings for each prime minister since 1972: Bob Hawke – 75% (November 1984) Kevin Rudd – 74% [8] (March 2009)
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.
The economic reforms pursued by the Hawke–Keating government has been claimed by numerous economic commentators and journalists since to have been the basis for both the modernisation and internationalisation of the Australian economy, and for triggering an unprecedentedly long period of economic growth, with Australia's gross domestic product increasing every year for 30 years after 1991 ...
Bob Hawke had been leader of the Labor Party since 3 February 1983, and prime minister since the 1983 election, with Labor winning a record four elections under his leadership. The unexpectedly close win at the 1990 election , coupled with the deepening economic recession , fuelled tensions within the government over economic policy, resulting ...
The first Accord was implemented after Bob Hawke was elected to power in March 1983, but was the product of a long series of prior negotiations between the ALP and ACTU. [2] To commence the Accord, a National Economic Summit was convened between federal and state governments, unions, and businesses. [4]
Bob Hawke had been leader of the Labor Party since 3 February 1983, and prime minister since the 1983 election, with Labor winning a record four elections under his leadership. However, the unexpectedly close win at the 1990 election , coupled with the deepening economic recession, fuelled tensions within the government over economic policy.