Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan barin Majalisar, Hawke ya shiga duniyar kasuwanci, yana ɗaukar daraktoci da matsayin ba da shawara da yawa waɗanda suka ba shi damar samun nasarar kuɗi mai yawa. Ya guji shiga cikin jama'a tare da Jam'iyyar Labor a lokacin Keating a matsayin Firayim Minista, ba ya son a gan shi a matsayin ƙoƙarin yin inuwa ga magajinsa. Bayan rashin nasarar Keating da zaben Gwamnatin Howard a zaben 1996, ya koma yaƙin neman zaɓe tare da Labor kuma yana bayyana a kai a kai a lokacin ƙaddamar da zaɓe. Duk da ƙaunarsa ga Sarauniya Elizabeth II, yana alfahari da cewa shi ne "firaministan da ta fi so", Hawke ya kasance mai goyon bayan jam'iyyar Republican kuma ya shiga yakin neman zabe a cikin majalisar.
Zaben raba gardama na shekarar 1999.