The Hawke government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1983 to 1991. The government followed the Liberal-National Coalition Fraser government and was succeeded by another Labor administration, the Keating government, led by Paul Keating after an internal party leadership challenge in 1991. Keating was Treasurer through much of Hawke's term as prime minister and the period is sometimes termed the Hawke-Keating government.
Hawke government
A cheque for Ash Wednesday bushfire relief to South Australian Premier John Bannon is presented by Hawke in April 1983.
Defence Minister Kim Beazley (middle) in 1986.
Tall ship First Fleet Re-enactment on Sydney Harbour, Australia Day, 1988.
Robert James Lee Hawke was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), having previously served as the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 1969 to 1980 and president of the Labor Party national executive from 1973 to 1978.
Official portrait, 1983
Hawke is elected President of the ACTU at Paddington Town Hall, Sydney, 10 September 1969
Hawke as ACTU President in 1970
Hawke presenting a relief cheque to John Bannon, Premier of South Australia following the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires
