@@shanewilson199in the old days politicians were scared to death because they didn't want to lose their job to new up-and-coming politicians that's not happening anymore because the average 40 year old is obsessed with playing with toys and dressing-up in animal costumes on tik tok not which means they are not really suitable to be running the country
Bob is a lesson to all the young bogan Aussies now who think being Australian is being stupid. Bob proves that we can be a a larrikin but be intelligent as well
You can’t blame everything on the country’s leader even an idiot like Albo because he is ultimately a figure head. There is a lot of clowns in the government, and they are voted in by clowns who have been lobotomised by the education system and then you have external forces like US foreign policy and in order to fix that it would take a huge catastrophe of some type or a dictatorship.
Roy, under his real name John Doyle, had his own radio program on 2BL. I don't know how long he did that for but I remember he was on-air at least in the early 90s. My old man used to listen to him, when he wasn't listening to the horses on 2KY. He was doing that program at the same time as This Sporting Life on Triple J. He would do interviews on 2BL but the only one I remember was with Harry Secombe but yeah a good interviewer and comedian - he started as a high school English teacher then got into acting... I saw an interview with him a few years ago in which he talked about his career.
Whether you agree or not with Hawkey, Theres no denying his saying in what he believes... No script, Eloquent with a touch of larrikin in his delivery, and oh so passionate.... And charisma... He was the beer drinking peoples Prime Minister .. True bloody blue.
so true, it is a very "Australian" thing. I think it changed once Howard got in and the role of PM moved from being a civic role to being like an Executive CEO.
What a load of drivel. He was ineffective as a politician, an economist and piss weak as a national leader. Even as a unionist he was a populist with no scruples.
Here we are 2021 and Scott Morrison is PM. Bob Hawk's idea of most things in Australia continuing to improve over time has obviously fallen well short in that area at least!
@@australiafirst520 - Yep. Thanks Bob for giving east asia all our manufacturing jobs. Wolf in Sheeps Clothing. Let his daughter get raped by a senior ALP prick and did nothing!
@@DaveDalton lol 1 year later from your comment we can see he's not exactly the next Bob Hawke. The only real legacy he has a chance at is his ridiculous 'voice to parliament' garbage which is likely doomed to fail. And even if it somehow passes he'll just be known for the shitshow he inflicted us with.
@@Roger__Wilcowell it’s obvious which side you are on, but why a is it a “shit show”? The people of Australia will decide at the referendum, that is the nature of a democratic country.
Good lord is he sharp. Insightful thoughts on a broad range of tropics, switches from jokes to seriousness quickly and effortlessly and explains things in a way everybody can understand.
What a great Australian. He understood the profound value of true BALANCE in both the cultural and economic sectors of society, and GEE did he cultivate that as Prime Minister!!! The most culturally balanced time was during the later stages of his term as prime minister, sport and the performing arts were suddenly BOTH EVERYWHERE!!!!!
Have a look at he rubbish we have in charge now. Roy and HG are national treasures. I'd like to see them interview Morrison. The trouble is he wouldn't answer the questions, eg: that's a bubble question, I disagree with the premise of your question, now is not the time to talk about...........
Bob Hawke was a true Australian. Love him or hate his political beliefs, he was no idiot, and how good are Roy & HG at being able to interview like they did. Good on them, one and all. Oh, didn't you just love The Cedrics - I know I did.
Sorry, Bob but I grew up in the 60s and I can tell you racism was full-on and I'm now 60 and very little has changed, it's just been refocused on another race. I was born here.
Bob Hawke was the best PM the other PMs that followed him maybe for a bit John Howard was good at some things but as the PMs rolle on became weaker and weaker then woker and woker and then Social media dictated the PM. RIP Bob
And that's how Australia rolls America and your Trump wombats.. our ex prime minister speaks honestly for our whole country.. top interview Roy and HG...x
Great leaders don't put their political aspirations before their own daughter's rape to protect a fellow MP. You can be a larrikin and skull beer all you want, but his reputation is forever tarnished. I don't care what side of the political spectrum you're on, he was ruthless, heartless and self centred when it came to his family.
8:00 As good as Bob (and Roy & HG) were for us, thank goodness for Pauline Hanson - these lefties were talking in an echo chamber. I would have expected more from Bob.
Re: Hawkey's Suharto observation about how "the number of people living in poverty went from about 58% to 17%". Did that include him making sure that 'no children would be living in poverty', Bob?
He clearly made this comment begrudgingly. It's a comedy show, keep it light hearted. He also quipped about Suharto's corruption but why bring the mood down, this isn't the 730 report.
