Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister, dies aged 89

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2. Absolutely he was a man of the people.

And it was genuine too, I don't think any of the current crop could successfully capture his character.
They could do worse than looking towards his policies that Keating and then Howard finally killed off but it was a different era back then.

Impeccable timing really, I think there will be a sympathy vote too. I know polling is close but my feeling is Labor should be on track to make the needed gains with preferences or at least have it covered with Greens backing who will predictably bring in 10 percent of the vote and not do much else. Libs will likely lose voters to the lunatic fringe who again wont win much but claim a successful campaign.

A Labor win would be a nice send off for Bob anyway.