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Evening News :'His legacy will endure forever': Australia remembers former PM Bob Hawke

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His wife, Blanche d'Alpuget, has confirmed that the former Labor prime minister died on Thursday.


Leaders from across the political spectrum have paid tribute to former prime minister Bob Hawke, who has died aged 89.

Labor's longest-serving prime minister, who led Australia from 1983-1991, died at his Sydney home on Thursday.

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