Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekusiya Paramende, Hawke akapinda munyika yebhizimisi, achitora huwandu hwevatungamiri uye mazano ekupa mazano izvo zvakamuita kuti akwanise kubudirira mune zvemari. Akadzivisa kubatanidzwa paruzhinji nePato reVashandi panguva yehutongi hwaKeating saMutungamiriri weHurumende, asingadi kuonekwa seanoedza kuvhara mutsivi wake. Mushure mekukundwa kwaKeating uye kusarudzwa kweHurumende yeHoward musarudzo dza1996, akadzokera kuhurukuro yeruzhinji neBasa uye nguva dzose achionekwa pakutsvaga sarudzo. Pasinei nokufarira kwake Mambokadzi Elizabeth II, achizvirumbidza kuti akanga ari "Mutungamiriri wehurumende waaida zvikuru", Hawke akanga ari republican anoshingaira uye akabatana nemushandirapamwe wekuvhota Hungu mu 1999 republic referendum
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