Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister, dies aged 89

[Matilda]

1. He was a man of the people.

I think some of his "reforms", such as privatising the Commonwealth Bank and Qantas, came from Paul Keating, as did deregulating the economy. But Hawke was the man who could sell those policies to the people - he really could walk into a bar and have a drink with the locals, he played cricket and followed all sports; the kind of leader Scott Morrison is desperately trying to be and never can.

And I can't help hoping that his death might result in a bit of a sympathy vote for Labor tomorrow - I think they'll win, but I'd like it to be very decisive.