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Matilda

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3. The timing at first seemed to be sadly wrong,

Reply to Thyla (Reply #2)

Fri May 17, 2019, 10:11 PM

May 2019

That Hawke didn’t live to see a Labor victory.

But then I thought perhaps this could be his last gift, that some undecideds would vote Labor out of sentiment for such a great Labor son.

Vale, Bob.

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Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister, dies aged 89 [View all] Thyla May 2019 OP

He was a man of the people. Matilda May 2019 #1

Absolutely he was a man of the people. Thyla May 2019 #2

The timing at first seemed to be sadly wrong, Matilda May 2019 #3

Well sorry Bob Thyla May 2019 #4

That's the hardest thing to comprehend: Matilda May 2019 #5

If I hadn't already come to terms Thyla May 2019 #6