Former prime minister Bob Hawke leads the Jack Newton Classic in a rendition of Waltzing Matilda in a rare video moment

Simon McCarthy
Updated May 20 2019 - 3:58pm, first published May 16 2019 - 8:30pm

Former prime minister Bob Hawke, a legend of the Australian Labor Party, died peacefully in his home on Thursday at the age of 89.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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