Labor In Power

S01E01 Taking Power

For over ten years, Bob Hawke and Paul Keating have been the leading figures in Australian politics. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Hawke served as Prime Minister while Keating held the role of Treasurer, creating one of the most remarkable partnerships in the nation's political landscape. However, beneath their collaboration lay a rivalry, as both men aspired to the highest office. Ultimately, it would take nearly a decade for Paul Keating to ascend to the position he desired.