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Farewell Bob Hawke: ‘Australia’s greatest PM’

Jun 14, 2019, updated Jun 14, 2019
1/14A mourner on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House.
2/14Mourners outside the Sydney Opera House, where the service was held.
3/14The Australian flags were at half-mast for the day on Friday.
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4/14A woman with a sign harking back to Mr Hawke's trade union leadership.
5/14Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Jenny Morrison arrive at the service.
6/14Former Labor leader Bill Shorten, with wife Chloe.
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7/14Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives, with his wife Lucy.
8/14Former PM Tony Abbott joined the crowd on Friday.
9/14The concert hall of the Sydney Opera House was packed for the service.
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10/14Former foreign minister and NSW premier Bob Carr arrived his wife, Helena.
11/14Bob Hawke's friend and former adviser, Craig Emerson, was MC for the memorial service.
12/14Former PM Paul Keating spokes at the service.
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13/14Bob Hawke's widow, Blanche d'Alpuget, and granddaughter Sophie Taylor-Price.
14/14Didgeridoo player William Barton finished the service with a rendition of 'I come from a land down under'.
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