The larrikin as leader: how Bob Hawke came to be one of the best (and luckiest) prime ministers
- Written by Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
Prime Minister Bob Hawke celebrates the final cabinet meeting in Old Parliament House, 1988.National Archives of AustraliaThe rise of Bob Hawke to the prime ministership now seems to have been so unstoppable, so inevitable, that it is hard to imagine Australian political history might have unfolded differently.
But what if, instead of entering the...