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How do you become a union legend like Bob Hawke?

How do you become a union legend like Bob Hawke?

Update: 2025-07-03

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Bob Hawke could scull a beer faster than anyone on the planet, he also gave us Medicare. But when he was a union advocate what was so special about him people wanted him to be Prime Minister? We find out and meet a heap of other union legends who brought us the rights we all enjoy at work today.

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How do you become a union legend like Bob Hawke?

How do you become a union legend like Bob Hawke?

Liam Byrne - Author of No Greater Power: The History of Union Action in Australia