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Bob Hawke (Australian Biographical Monographs)

Bob Hawke (Australian Biographical Monographs)

Steketee, Mike

Paperback

Biographies General

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 1922815209
ISBN13: 9781922815200
Publisher: Connor Court Pub
Published: Aug 22 2022
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

Bob Hawke ranks as one of Australia's leading prime ministers. He enjoyed extraordinary electoral success, winning four elections and serving for eight years and nine months, a term exceeded only by Robert Menzies and John Howard. His political skills, including his popularity with voters and his emphasis on consensus, enabled his government to implement a large agenda of economic reform that transformed the nation. Often unpopular at the time, the scope and ambition of initiatives such as financial deregulation, reform of the tax system and cutting import tariffs are unimaginable in today's political context. Hawke also left a substantial record on social policy, including the introduction of Medicare and directing welfare to those most in need, and on the environment, with measures such as blocking a dam on Tasmania's Franklin River and preserving North Queensland rainforests. His extensive involvement in foreign policy, including playing a role in ending apartheid in South Africa, is often overlooked.

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