Gold Standard?: Remembering the Hawke government

Was the Hawke government ‘ the gold standard’ for federal government in Australia? A stellar line-up of historians, social scientists, politicians and journalists sheds valuable new light on the policies, politics and personalities of the Hawke government and asks: What lessons can it offer in the art of reformist government? How do its legacies continue to shape Australian society?

Troy Bramston and Andrew Podger explain how Hawke masterfully managed the work of government and administratio...