View from The Hill: Bob Hawke was master of managing government
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
It’s always easy to romanticise the past – in celebrating the prime ministership of Bob Hawke it is important to remember it had its peaks and troughs.
Trouble marked many years – the fall of ministers, nasty spats between the PM and his treasurer – and it ended badly. After winning four elections, Hawke was dumped by caucus....
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