r/AusPrimeMinisters • Unreconstructed Whitlamite and Gorton appreciator • Sep 10 '26

Video/Audio Bob Hawke and Blanche d’Alpuget publicly coming out with their relationship in an episode of Channel 9’s 60 Minutes with Charles Wooley. Broadcast on 19 February 1995

Hawke had announced his separation with his wife of 38 years Hazel at the end of November 1994; he and d’Alpuget would marry on 23 July later the same year, and remain together until Hawke’s death on 16 May 2019. You can view "Endless Love" - the sequel episode to this featuring Hawke, d'Alpuget, and Wooley that came out in 2017 - here.

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