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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 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 ...
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.
"Today we lost Bob Hawke, a great Australian – many would say the greatest Australian of the post-war era," his wife and former biographer Blanche d’Alpuget said in a statement. While others ...
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)
The first Hawke ministry was the 54th ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 23rd Prime Minister, Bob Hawke.The first Hawke ministry succeeded the Fourth Fraser ministry, which dissolved on 11 March 1983 following the federal election that took place on 5 March which saw Labor defeat Malcolm Fraser's Liberal–National Coalition.
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 Keating government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Paul Keating of the Australian Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. The government followed on from the Hawke government after Paul Keating replaced Bob Hawke as Labor leader in an internal party leadership challenge in 1991.