Bob Hawke
Opinion
Political leadership
In power, Keating was a gift. Now, at 80, he’s a tragedy
Paul Keating’s incredible economic chutzpah supercharged Australia’s prosperity. But he has become an apologist for China, and that may poison his legacy.
- by Peter Hartcher
Latest
Opinion
Political leadership
Why our response to Joyce having one for the road is mid-strength
Alcohol is a force in our national politics, but the way Australians read the act of drinking depends both on the times and the person, and the ways the two are entangled.
- by Sean Kelly
Analysis
Medicare
Mind the gap: At 40, Medicare feels the pain of age as patients pay more
Universal health care was a proud Labor achievement. At 40, Medicare is in better shape than its US and UK peers, but there are cracks in the ageing edifice.
- by Deborah Snow
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
John Laws scores our PMs out of 10
There’s no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. Now almost 90 and still on the air, he has lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Political leadership
Breaking news: All politicians are not crooks. Cynicism has gone too far
Scepticism about politics can be healthy, but Australians need to go easy on their trademark cynicism.
- by Martin Parkinson
Backyard cricket at Hawkey’s house after National Trust unveils accommodation plans
WA Premier Roger Cook has officially handed the keys to former prime minister Bob Hawke’s childhood home over to the National Trust, which could see it used for short-say accommodation.
- by Alex Condon
Abbott’s divisive climate rhetoric must be stopped
Former PM Tony Abbott thinks that his divisive views on climate change “need to be repeated a little more”.
Friend of Hawke was ambassador to the US, Indonesia and Israel
As ambassador to Israel from 1972-1975, Rawdon Dalrymple managed the intense policy and consular demands of the Yom Kippur war.
- by Dennis Richardson
Bill Hayden, giant of the Labor Party and legend of the labour movement
The former Labor leader and long-serving governor-general leaves a legacy of reform, including as one of the key architects of universal healthcare in Australia.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Voice to parliament
Why my dad, Bob Hawke, would be rolling in his grave over the Voice
This is what my father, Australia’s 23rd prime minister Robert James Lee Hawke, realised too late about some of the modern history of Australia. And it pained him deeply.
- by Sue Pieters-Hawke
How the news has changed over seven decades
The Sun-Herald has been informing and entertaining our readers for 70 years. Here are some of the highlights of our coverage.
- by Helen Pitt