Category: Golf
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Australian Prime Ministers and Sport Series – Bob Hawke
By Greg Blood ROBERT ‘BOB’ LEE HAWKE AC – AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY 23nd Prime Minister – 1983-1991 Bob Hawke and his government significantly enhanced the federal government’s support for sport through the establishment of the Australian Sports Commission, Australian Sports Drug Agency, Australian Sports Foundation and expansion of the Australian Institute of Sport. Hawke’s genuine…
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Australian Prime Ministers and Sport Series – William Hughes
By Greg Blood WILLIAM MORRIS HUGHES Australian Socialist League (1891), Labor (to 1916), National Labor (1916–17), Nationalist (1917–29) Independent (1929), Australian (1929–31), United Australia (1931–44), Independent (1944–45) 7th Prime Minister – 1915-1923 William ‘Billy’ Hughes was prime minister during World War I and strongly advocated for sportsmen to enlist particularly after significant deaths, injuries and…
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Australian Prime Ministers and Sport Series – Stanley Bruce
By Greg Blood STANLEY MELBOURNE BRUCE CH MC PC NATIONALIST PARTY & UNITED AUSTRALIA PARTY 8th Prime Minister – 1923-1929 Stanley Bruce is regarded as the first prime minister to actively engage in sport during his political career. He had a lifetime commitment to sport, particularly rowing and golf. As prime minster, he regarded regularly…
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