Bob Hawke

Robert James Lee Hawke (born December 9 1929), Australian trade union leader and politician, was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. After a decade as leader of the Australian union movement, he entered politics and was Prime Minister within three years. He became by far the longest-serving Labor Prime Minister, and was second-longest-serving Prime Minister overall until December 2004, when John Howard overtook him. But critics continued to dismiss him as a populist, whose focus on "consensus" resulted in the abandonment of many traditional Labor values.

Further reading

• {{Book reference | Author=Blanche d'Alpuget | Title=Robert J Hawke | Publisher=Schwartz| Year=1982 | ID=ISBN 0867530014}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Bob Hawke | Title=The Hawke Memoirs | Publisher=Heinemann| Year=1994 | ID=ISBN 0855615028}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Dean Jaensch | Title=The Hawke-Keating Hijack | Publisher=Allen and Unwin| Year=1989 | ID=ISBN 0043701922}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Stan Anson | Title=Hawke: An Emotional Life | Publisher=Macphee Gribble| Year=1991 | ID=ISBN 0869142798, 0869141961}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Stephen Mills | Title=The Hawke Years | Publisher=Viking| Year=1993 | ID=ISBN 0670845639}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Susan Ryan and Troy Bramston | Title=The Hawke government : a critical retrospective | Publisher=Pluto| Year=2003 | ID=ISBN 1864032642}}