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William George Hayden AC (23 January 1933 – 21 October 2023) was an Australian politician who served as the 21st governor-general of Australia from 1989 to 1996.
Oct 21, 2023 · Bill Hayden was a key figure in Labor politics, serving under Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke. He introduced Medicare and the single mother's pension as treasurer, and later became governor-general after resigning for Hawke.
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Oct 21, 2023 · Bill Hayden, who led Labor in opposition and served as foreign minister in the Hawke government, was a key architect of universal healthcare and closer ties with Asia. He was praised by current and former leaders, including Albanese, Keating and Wong, for his humility and ambition for Australia.
Nov 3, 2023 · Former governor-general and Labor leader Bill Hayden, who died aged 90, was honoured at a service in Ipswich. Politicians, family and friends celebrated his legacy of transforming the ALP and uplifting the lives of many Australians.
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- Antonia O'Flaherty
Oct 21, 2023 · Bill Hayden, a former governor-general and leader of the Labor Party, has died at the age of 90. Hayden served as treasurer in the Whitlam government and as foreign minister under Bob Hawke, to whom he had ceded leadership of the ALP in 1983, before being appointed for a seven-year term as governor-general in 1989. Bill Hayden. Quentin Jones.
Oct 21, 2023 · Former Labor leader and governor general Bill Hayden. (Wikimedia Commons) Hayden rose to Labor party leader, serving as leader of the opposition from 1977 to 1983 during the years when the Liberal Party's Malcolm Fraser was prime minister.
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Oct 21, 2023 · Bill Hayden, a former ALP leader, foreign minister, treasurer, governor-general and the original architect of Medicare, has died after a long illness. He was 90. Rising from humble...
