Former conservative Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke
died last week at the age of 89. He
served as premier from 1983 to 1991, winning four elections as party leader
(the most in the conservative Labor Party’s history), and was a strong ally of
the United States ,
during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Hawke, a former trade unionist, had
been a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1992.
As Prime Minister, Hawke cut taxes that were in the form of tariffs
while taxing fringe benefits, privatized state-owned industries and restored
balance in private business by reducing the power of labor unions. It was also during his premiership that the
last vestiges of British colonial power over Australia were eliminated through
Australian and British legislation.
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