Editing Bob Hawke (section)

==Retirement and later life==

[[File:HawkeSorry.jpg|left|thumb|Hawke at [[Parliament House, Canberra|Parliament House]] for the [[Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples|Apology to the Stolen Generations]] in 2008]]

After leaving Parliament, Hawke entered the business world, taking on a number of directorships and consultancy positions which enabled him to achieve considerable financial success. He avoided public involvement with the Labor Party during Keating's tenure as prime minister, not wanting to be seen as attempting to overshadow his successor.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9111648/AUSTRALIA 1994 Year in Review&nbsp;– Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516031759/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9111648/AUSTRALIA |date=16 May 2008 }} ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' online. Retrieved 17 May 2017.</ref> After Keating's defeat and the election of the [[Howard government]] at the [[1996 Australian federal election|1996 election]], he returned to public campaigning with Labor and regularly appearing at election launches. Despite his personal affection for Queen Elizabeth II, boasting that he had been her "favourite Prime Minister", Hawke was an enthusiastic republican and joined the campaign for a Yes vote in the [[1999 Australian republic referendum|1999 republic referendum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2020/nov/29/the-crown-is-right-that-bob-hawke-was-a-republican-but-aspects-of-his-portrayal-are-preposterous|title=The Crown is right that Bob Hawke was a republican. But aspects of his portrayal are preposterous &#124; Stephen Mills|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=28 November 2020|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710193350/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2020/nov/29/the-crown-is-right-that-bob-hawke-was-a-republican-but-aspects-of-his-portrayal-are-preposterous|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/LXmSa1A2EzI| archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXmSa1A2EzI| title = Bob Hawke - Yes ad | via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2002, Hawke was named to South Australia's [[Economic Development Board (South Australia)|Economic Development Board]] during the [[Rann government]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-09-09/mayor-welcomes-economic-development-board/2040798?pfm=sm&pfmredir=sm |title=Mayor welcomes economic development board |date=9 September 2004 |work=ABC News |access-date=3 March 2019 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601021424/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-09-09/mayor-welcomes-economic-development-board/2040798?pfm=sm&pfmredir=sm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://economicdevelopmentboardsa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2009_Economic-Statement-Full-Report.pdf |title=A report by the Economic Development Board March 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=South Australia Economic Development Board |access-date=3 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134938/http://economicdevelopmentboardsa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2009_Economic-Statement-Full-Report.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In the lead up to the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 election]], Hawke made a considerable personal effort to support [[Kevin Rudd]], making speeches at a large number of campaign office openings across Australia, and appearing in multiple campaign advertisements. As well as campaigning against [[WorkChoices]], Hawke also attacked [[John Howard]]'s record as Treasurer, stating "it was the judgement of every economist and international financial institution that it was the restructuring reforms undertaken by my government, with the full cooperation of the trade union movement, which created the strength of the Australian economy today".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/federalelection2007news/hawke-queries-record-of-man-who-buggered-the-economy/2007/10/24/1192941153265.html|url-access=registration|title=Hawke queries record of man who 'buggered' the economy|work=The Age|date=24 October 2007|access-date=25 April 2010|location=Melbourne|first1=Peter|last1=Ker|first2=Michelle|last2=Grattan|authorlink2=Michelle Grattan|archive-date=15 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215211109/http://www.theage.com.au/news/federalelection2007news/hawke-queries-record-of-man-who-buggered-the-economy/2007/10/24/1192941153265.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2008, after Rudd's victory, Hawke joined former Prime Ministers [[Gough Whitlam]], [[Malcolm Fraser]] and [[Paul Keating]] in [[Parliament House, Canberra|Parliament House]] to witness the long anticipated apology to the [[Stolen Generations]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Dylan|last=Welch|title=Kevin Rudd says sorry|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/prime-minister-kevin-rudd-made-today-an--historic-one-for-australia/2008/02/13/1202760342960.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=13 February 2008|access-date=22 February 2008|url-access=registration|archive-date=27 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227233812/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/prime-minister-kevin-rudd-made-today-an--historic-one-for-australia/2008/02/13/1202760342960.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Bob Hawke (8216522868).jpg|thumb|upright|Hawke in 2012]]

In 2009, Hawke helped establish the Centre for Muslim and Non-Muslim Understanding at the [[University of South Australia]]. Interfaith dialogue was an important issue for Hawke, who told ''[[The Adelaide Review]]'' that he was "convinced that one of the great potential dangers confronting the world is the lack of understanding in regard to the Muslim world. Fanatics have misrepresented what Islam is. They give a false impression of the essential nature of Islam."<ref>{{cite news|author=Ward, Amanda|title=World peace and a republic|work=[[Adelaide Review]]|issue=358|date=December 2009|pages=6–7|url=http://www.adelaidereview.com.au/archives.php?subaction=showfull&id=1259130386&archive=1261450745&start_from=&ucat=16&|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222062339/http://www.adelaidereview.com.au/archives.php?subaction=showfull&id=1259130386&archive=1261450745&start_from=&ucat=16&|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2011|access-date=14 March 2010}}</ref>

In 2016, after taking part in [[Andrew Denton]]'s Better Off Dead podcast, Hawke added his voice to calls for voluntary euthanasia to be legalised.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kelly, Fran|title=Bob Hawke on voluntary euthanasia and 'losing his marbles'|work=[[Radio National Breakfast]]|issue=Thursday 14 April 2016|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/bob-hawke-urges-australian-politicians-to-legalise-euthanasia/7323470?WT.mc_id=Innovation_Radio-RN-Breakfast|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=3 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603042157/https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/bob-hawke-urges-australian-politicians-to-legalise-euthanasia/7323470?WT.mc_id=Innovation_Radio-RN-Breakfast|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke labelled as 'absurd' the lack of political will to fix the problem. He revealed that he had such an arrangement with his wife Blanche should such a devastating medical situation occur.<ref>{{cite news|last=Koziol|first=Michael|title=Absurd: Bob Hawke blasts lack of political will to legalise euthanasia|url=https://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/absurd-bob-hawke-blasts-lack-of-political-will-to-legalise-euthanasia-20160413-go5w9u.html|access-date=17 August 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|issue=14 April 2016|date=14 April 2016|ref=euth|url-access=subscription|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807121439/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/absurd-bob-hawke-blasts-lack-of-political-will-to-legalise-euthanasia-20160413-go5w9u.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also publicly advocated for [[nuclear power]] and the importation of international [[spent nuclear fuel]] to Australia for storage and disposal, stating that this could lead to considerable economic benefits for Australia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-28/we-must-embrace-nuclear-power-bob-hawke-divides-audience/8151346|title=Bob Hawke pushes nuclear power at Woodford Folk Festival|date=28 December 2016|work=ABC News|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=25 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225210911/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-28/we-must-embrace-nuclear-power-bob-hawke-divides-audience/8151346|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/01/01/hawke-nuclear-waste-australia_n_8871578.html|title=Bob Hawke Says Nuclear Waste Dump 'A Win-Win' For Australia|last=Butler|first=Josh|date=1 January 2016|work=HuffPost|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228053949/http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/01/01/hawke-nuclear-waste-australia_n_8871578.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In late December 2018, Hawke revealed that he was in "terrible health". While predicting a Labor win in the upcoming [[2019 Australian federal election|2019 federal election]], Hawke said he "may not witness the party's success".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-29/bob-hawke-reveals-terrible-health-labor-to-win-federal-election/10673364|title=Bob Hawke reveals 'terrible health' as he tips Labor to win federal election|date=29 December 2018|publisher=ABC|access-date=29 December 2018|archive-date=29 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229224519/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-29/bob-hawke-reveals-terrible-health-labor-to-win-federal-election/10673364|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019, the month of the election, he issued a joint statement with Paul Keating endorsing Labor's economic plan and condemning the Liberal Party for "completely [giving] up the economic reform agenda". They stated that "Shorten's Labor is the only party of government focused on the need to modernise the economy to deal with the major challenge of our time: human induced climate change". It was the first joint press statement released by the two since 1991.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bob Hawke and Paul Keating reunite for the first time in 28 years to endorse Labor's economic plan|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=8 May 2019|access-date=8 May 2019|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6111996/old-foes-bury-the-hatchet-to-endorse-shorten/?cs=14350|url-access=subscription|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813082510/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6111996/old-foes-bury-the-hatchet-to-endorse-shorten/?cs=14350|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2022, Troy Bramston, a journalist for ''[[The Australian]]'' and a political historian, wrote an unauthorised biography of Hawke titled ''Bob Hawke: Demons and Destiny''. Hawke gave Bramston full access to his previously unavailable personal papers and granted a series of interviews for the book. Bramston was the last person to interview Hawke before his death. The book, drawing on extensive Australian and international archives, and interviews with more than 100 people, is regarded as "definitive" and was shortlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://auspolbookaward.com.au/award-winners/|title=2022 Award Winners - Australian Political Book of the Year Award |date=December 2022 }}</ref>

On 16 May 2019, two days before the election, Hawke died at his home in Northbridge at the age of 89, following a short illness.<ref>{{cite web|title=Labor legend Bob Hawke dies aged 89|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-legend-bob-hawke-dies-aged-89-20190516-p51o89.html|access-date=16 May 2019|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=16 May 2019|url-access=registration|archive-date=1 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801070703/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-legend-bob-hawke-dies-aged-89-20190516-p51o89.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister, dies aged 89 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-16/bob-hawke-dies-former-australian-prime-minister-and-labor-leader/6562902 |access-date=16 May 2019 |work=ABC News |date=16 May 2019 |language=en-AU |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145335/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-16/bob-hawke-dies-former-australian-prime-minister-and-labor-leader/6562902 |url-status=live }}</ref> His family held a private cremation on 27 May at [[Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium]] where he was subsequently interred.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/carte-blanche-20130819-2s5rr.html |url-access=registration |title='Carte Blanche' |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 August 2013 |access-date=23 June 2019 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050147/https://www.smh.com.au/national/carte-blanche-20130819-2s5rr.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A [[state funeral|state memorial]] was held at the [[Sydney Opera House]] on 14 June; speakers included [[Craig Emerson]] as [[master of ceremonies]] and [[Kim Beazley]] reading the eulogy, as well as [[Paul Keating]], [[Julia Gillard]], [[Bill Kelty]], [[Ross Garnaut]], and incumbent Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]] and Opposition Leader [[Anthony Albanese]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/bob-hawke-s-state-funeral-to-be-held-at-sydney-opera-house-20190524-p51qx6.html|title=Bob Hawke's state funeral to be held at Sydney Opera House|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=24 May 2019|url-access=registration|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527093136/https://www.smh.com.au/national/bob-hawke-s-state-funeral-to-be-held-at-sydney-opera-house-20190524-p51qx6.html|url-status=live}}</ref>