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forest444

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2. My guess is that the sky's the limit for her. Are we looking at a future Australian Prime Minister?

Reply to Matilda (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 09:50 PM

Jul 2016

Unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with Australian politics - which I understand are quite fascinating.

By way of a personal anecdote, I once worked on a real estate deal with an Australian woman who claimed to have been Bob Hawke's mistress during his time as president of the ACTU.

I gathered from what she told me that when Hazel Hawke found out, she found it prudent to leave the country (in the late 1970s sometime). Whether any of it was true, I have no idea; but she seemed sincere.

If walls could talk, right?

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Linda Burney becomes first Indigenous woman elected to Australia's lower house. [View all] forest444 Jul 2016 OP

And I expect she'll be a very capable one. Matilda Jul 2016 #1

My guess is that the sky's the limit for her. Are we looking at a future Australian Prime Minister? forest444 Jul 2016 #2

There's no doubt, Bob was a player in his day. Matilda Jul 2016 #3

Sorry to hear that. I understand he was a good Prime Minister. forest444 Jul 2016 #4

There's some debate about how good Hawke was at policy-making. Matilda Jul 2016 #5

Amazing. Thank you for the background. forest444 Jul 2016 #6

There was a touching scene at the Labor launch before the election. Matilda Jul 2016 #7

Gives me a warm feeling just picturing that. Thank you. forest444 Jul 2016 #8

It's bouncing up and down daily. Matilda Jul 2016 #9

I see. Sounds like another Turnbull government, but with a number of (probably welcome) changes. forest444 Jul 2016 #10