# Bob Hawke 1929-2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** General News and Current Affairs Topics\ **Created:** [May 16, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253 "2019-05-16T09:53:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TFTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tftv/32/14587_2.png) [@TFTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TFTV)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/1 "2019-05-16T09:53:23Z")
> Former PM Bob Hawke has passed away aged 89. ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nicholas/32/114_2.png) [@Nicholas](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Nicholas)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/2 "2019-05-16T09:55:46Z")
RIP Bob Hawke. The post made by 9 news has gone “viral” with 5.5k reactions in 8 minutes. > **[9 News](https://www.facebook.com/107637365950776/posts/2536585509722604/)** > > \#BREAKING: Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke has died at the age of 89. > > \#9News | http://9News.com.au ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/3 "2019-05-16T09:57:15Z")
10 News First just had it scrolled across the screen ---
**Author:** ![SamSamTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/samsamtv/32/27247_2.png) [@SamSamTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SamSamTV)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/4 "2019-05-16T09:56:15Z")
![vlcsnap-2019-05-16-19h55m23s249](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/f/6fea92e5f8c44b624d6fde23a1ddb522addd157d.png) ![vlcsnap-2019-05-16-19h55m26s208](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/c/dc983fdc4f3f9ef3cdd2166e7095845564d098c2.png) * * * Channel 7 broke into programming. ![vlcsnap-2019-04-13-11h42m28s979](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/b/7bf8870859f8b83cbe2ffe34d16861ca7f3c7302.png) ![vlcsnap-2019-05-16-19h57m41s333](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/b/4b755428de5d59f059e79527ec2578a12784330b.png) ![vlcsnap-2019-05-16-19h57m43s335](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/3/93aee21fa21fa667fb0f528c5213523165d03ec9.png) ![vlcsnap-2019-05-16-19h58m08s656](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/b/ebfeb95c0090f7d2eee8197dfa6b5cde9359f3c1.png) * * * ![vlcsnap-2019-05-16-20h05m43s988](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/8/884be476948a937846cd4f48b89629786dfbc7d4.png) ![vlcsnap-2019-05-16-20h05m49s241](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/7/c702fee3cdeb5a4b3fc88258665f90e9ba944d16.png) ![vlcsnap-2019-05-16-20h05m57s121](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/4/94cacd12a53076ced85b22cf85e9e81b4e77d2a3.png) ![PNG](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/d/fda50b16452c4d062f7b3c15cc24653852208a56.jpeg) * * * ![vlcsnap-2019-05-16-20h09m55s682](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/4/c4ef3b6a7c039bfaac13f51e03c68e41b8fa0c4b.png) ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/5 "2019-05-16T09:58:54Z")
Seven News have brocken into programming with a news break. ---
**Author:** ![AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/australianaerial/32/427176_2.png) [@AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AustralianAerial)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/6 "2019-05-16T09:50:48Z")
Bob Hawke has died, aged 89 > ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/7 "2019-05-16T09:55:57Z")
> **[Labor legend Bob Hawke dies aged 89](https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-legend-bob-hawke-dies-aged-89-20190516-p51o89.html?btis)** > > The former prime minister died in his Sydney home on Thursday ---
**Author:** ![Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/salty/32/71_2.png) [@Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Salty)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/8 "2019-05-16T10:06:17Z")
Bill Shorten visited Bob Hawke on Monday 6 May, here is part of his statement on his death. ![IMG_20190516_200233](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/5/65f68f17deb35a2b6b235969c2966e2c23a13262.jpeg) ![IMG_20190516_200242](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/a/1a6ce7091db480203b611188f7b2b2dc00efaa8a.jpeg) ![IMG_20190516_200028](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/1/e1b624c5cc9e58f459688d429b1afca40dce9799.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/killy06/32/366375_2.png) [@killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/killy06)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/9 "2019-05-16T10:07:12Z")
Narelda Jacobs just presented a news update on 10 at 8:05pm AEST. ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/10 "2019-05-16T10:07:54Z")
Anything from nine? The ABC is in the middle of an interview Bill Shorten. ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nicholas/32/114_2.png) [@Nicholas](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Nicholas)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/11 "2019-05-16T10:08:24Z")
Nothing at all so far. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/12 "2019-05-16T10:12:03Z")
On BBC News already. BBC News - Australia’s former PM Bob Hawke dies at 89 > **[Australia's former PM Bob Hawke dies at 89](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-48293956)** > > Bob Hawke, Australia's charismatic Labor prime minister for much of the 1980s, has died at the age of 89. ---
**Author:** ![Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/salty/32/71_2.png) [@Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Salty)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/13 "2019-05-16T10:13:37Z")
![Screenshot_2019-05-16-20-11-07](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/b/fb6fd31b77b1f729cd145ed9840ef05f874e2e2c.png) ![Screenshot_2019-05-16-20-11-18](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/d/9d3f3496e5215d31d45cbd296356e450f3c4e13e.png) ![Screenshot_2019-05-16-20-11-31](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/c/9c97de4e0f3b9e5f75c0c01ee1fdb51bfbe4efe4.png) ![Screenshot_2019-05-16-20-11-58](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/3/1393fa7217fb7987380d32225b59578ba1c9194f.png) ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/14 "2019-05-16T10:13:49Z")
So it’s made the BBC, and yet nothing from Nine? ---
**Author:** ![Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/salty/32/71_2.png) [@Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Salty)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/15 "2019-05-16T10:17:07Z")
On 7.30 after airing the pre -recorded interview with Bill Shorten, Leigh read part of Bill’s statement on the death of Bob Hawke then a tribute package aired. ---
**Author:** ![TFTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tftv/32/14587_2.png) [@TFTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TFTV)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/16 "2019-05-16T10:17:19Z")
Phil Gould mentioned it in commentary of NRL and said Nine will be preparing something for after the football. ---
**Author:** ![BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bigvic/32/209954_2.png) [@BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BigVic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/17 "2019-05-16T10:19:59Z")
RIP. He loved the cricket and was seen at the SCG sculling a beer in front of Richies ---
**Author:** ![NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/newsweary/32/254_2.png) [@NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NewsWeary)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/18 "2019-05-16T10:22:47Z")
> [@Salty](#): > > a tribute package aired. Obviously they’d had that sitting on the shelf for some time. Reminiscent of the _SNL_ send up Dana Carvey once did of Tom Brokaw pre-recording breaking news on the death of Gerald Ford to be aired in the event he died and Brokaw was nowhere near the studio. ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/19 "2019-05-16T10:24:34Z")
Surly they could’ve have gotten Perth to produce a newsbreak for the rest of the Network that’s not watching the NRL? Poor form Nine. ---
**Author:** ![BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bigvic/32/209954_2.png) [@BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BigVic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bob-hawke-1929-2019/9253/20 "2019-05-16T10:24:35Z")
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