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Former prime minister Bob Hawke has remembered his late former wife Hazel ''with deep affection and gratitude''.
Hazel Hawke died yesterday at the age of 83 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
In a statement issued this morning, Mr Hawke said: ''She was more than a wife and mother, being father as well, during my frequent absences as I pursued an industrial then political career."
''I think there is general agreement that Hazel did an outstanding job as Australia's First Lady from 1983 to 1991. She was a constant support, particularly through some very difficult times."
The British soldier butchered on the streets of London by two suspected Islamists was a 25-year-old father who had fought the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence named the victim of the bloody attack near a military barracks in Woolwich as Lee Rigby, a machine-gunner with 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
His two alleged attackers have been named as Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22. Both are believed to be Britons from Nigerian families.
Another man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in connection with the killing.
Ford's decision to stop making cars in Australia has sparked a political debate over rising business costs and industry assistance.
The news that the Ford plants at Broadmeadows and Geelong will shut in 2016 has prompted calls for high level government and business talks, as well as for an emergency boost to tariffs on imported cars.
The ACTU is urging the Prime Minister, the industry and unions to convene urgent talks to draw up a survival strategy for Australia's car industry and to minimise job losses.
The focus is now on making sure Holden and Toyota do not also end up as car importers.
Former prime minister Bob Hawke has remembered his late former wife Hazel ''with deep affection and gratitude''.
Hazel Hawke died yesterday at the age of 83 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
In a statement issued this morning, Mr Hawke said: ''She was more than a wife and mother, being father as well, during my frequent absences as I pursued an industrial then political career."
''I think there is general agreement that Hazel did an outstanding job as Australia's First Lady from 1983 to 1991. She was a constant support, particularly through some very difficult times."
The British soldier butchered on the streets of London by two suspected Islamists was a 25-year-old father who had fought the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence named the victim of the bloody attack near a military barracks in Woolwich as Lee Rigby, a machine-gunner with 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
His two alleged attackers have been named as Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22. Both are believed to be Britons from Nigerian families.
Another man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in connection with the killing.
Ford's decision to stop making cars in Australia has sparked a political debate over rising business costs and industry assistance.
The news that the Ford plants at Broadmeadows and Geelong will shut in 2016 has prompted calls for high level government and business talks, as well as for an emergency boost to tariffs on imported cars.
The ACTU is urging the Prime Minister, the industry and unions to convene urgent talks to draw up a survival strategy for Australia's car industry and to minimise job losses.
The focus is now on making sure Holden and Toyota do not also end up as car importers.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has told a group of Syrian refugees that the United States military does not want to risk a drawn-out war with the Syrian army.
