Editing Bob Hawke (section)

==Personal life==

[[File:BobandBlanche.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Hawke and his wife, [[Blanche d'Alpuget]], in 2006]]

Hawke married [[Hazel Masterson]] in 1956 at Perth Trinity Church.<ref name="Hurst-1983a">Hurst, J., (1983), p.25</ref> They had three children: Susan (born 1957), Stephen (born 1959) and Roslyn (born 1961). Their fourth child, Robert Jr, died in early infancy in 1963. Hawke was named Victorian Father of the Year in 1971, an honour which his wife disputed due to his heavy drinking and womanising.<ref>d'Alpuget, Blanche (1982). ''Robert J. Hawke: A biography'', p. 197. Schwartz, Melbourne. {{ISBN|0867530014}}.</ref><ref name="Woolford-2013">{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/obituary-the-transformation-of-hazel-hawke/news-story/6365a4bbebdf422857464268fb15d3fb|title=The transformation of Hazel Hawke|work=NewsComAu|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826010521/https://www.news.com.au/national/obituary-the-transformation-of-hazel-hawke/news-story/6365a4bbebdf422857464268fb15d3fb|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1994, after he left her for the writer [[Blanche d'Alpuget]], and the two lived together in [[Northbridge, New South Wales|Northbridge]], a suburb on the [[North Shore (Sydney)|North Shore]] of Sydney.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carte Blanche|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/carte-blanche-20130818-2s5rr.html|website=Sydney Morning Herald|date=23 August 2013|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822223846/http://www.smh.com.au/national/carte-blanche-20130818-2s5rr.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Woolford-2013"/> The divorce estranged Hawke from some of his family for a period, although they had reconciled by the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-17/bob-hawke-speaks-about-his-final-visit-to-first-wife-hazel-hawke/5892598|title=Bob Hawke speaks about his final visit to first wife Hazel|date=17 November 2014|access-date=25 August 2018|work=ABC News|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825193602/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-17/bob-hawke-speaks-about-his-final-visit-to-first-wife-hazel-hawke/5892598|url-status=live}}</ref>
Hawke was a supporter of [[National Rugby League]] club the [[Canberra Raiders]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-17 |title=Ricky remembers the larrikin PM that was always just 'one of us' boys |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6129659/ricky-remembers-the-larrikin-pm-that-was-always-just-one-of-us-boys/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=The Canberra Times |language=en-AU |url-access=subscription |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420060202/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6129659/ricky-remembers-the-larrikin-pm-that-was-always-just-one-of-us-boys/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Alcoholism and abstinence===

Throughout his life before politics, Hawke was a heavy drinker.<ref name="Hawke-1994"/> Hawke eventually suffered from [[alcohol poisoning]] following the death of his and Hazel's infant son in 1963. He publicly announced in 1980 that he would [[Teetotalism|abstain from alcohol]] to seek election to [[Parliament of Australia|Parliament]], in a move which garnered significant public attention and support.<ref name="Hawke-1994"/> It is popularly stated that Hawke began to drink again following his retirement from politics, although to a more manageable extent; on several occasions, in his later years, videos of Hawke downing beer at [[cricket]] matches would frequently go [[viral video|viral]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nine.com.au/entertainment/viral/bob-hawke-best-beer-moments-remembered-after-his-death/dc5a3532-2ab5-456f-a8e6-247104b8a4e2|title=Bob Hawke's best beer moments remembered after his death|website=nine.com.au|access-date=22 September 2020|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922092231/https://www.nine.com.au/entertainment/viral/bob-hawke-best-beer-moments-remembered-after-his-death/dc5a3532-2ab5-456f-a8e6-247104b8a4e2|url-status=live}}</ref> There is evidence that Hawke did drink alcohol while in office, provided by then vice-president of the United States of America, [[George H. W. Bush]], who later recalled shared drunken behaviour during Hawke's 1983 first official visit to the United States.<ref name="Coventry-2023"/>

===Religious views===

On the subject of [[religion]], Hawke wrote, while attending the 1952 World Christian Youth Conference in India, that "there were all these poverty stricken kids at the gate of this palatial place where we were feeding our face and I just (was) struck by this enormous sense of irrelevance of religion to the needs of people". He subsequently abandoned his Christian beliefs.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Elders Part 5: Bob Hawke|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s2301431.htm|series=Elders with Andrew Denton|series-link=Enough Rope|airdate=11 January 2010|access-date=23 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825235442/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s2301431.htm|archive-date=25 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> By the time he entered politics he was a self-described [[agnostic]].<ref>Blanche d'Alpuget, ''Robert J. Hawke'', 87</ref> Hawke told [[Andrew Denton]] in 2008 that his father's Christian faith had continued to influence his outlook, saying "My father said if you believe in the fatherhood of God you must necessarily believe in the brotherhood of man, it follows necessarily, and even though I left the church and was not religious, that truth remained with me."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s2301431.htm|title=ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton – episode 176: Elders Part 5 – Bob Hawke (14/07/2008)|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=14 July 2008|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825235442/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s2301431.htm|archive-date=25 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>