Blanche d’Alpuget, author and widow of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, had been studying death in the final months of her life and spoke of it as a potential “huge exciting adventure”.

Former prime minister Bob Hawke has died, aged 89. Labor's most successful leader died peacefully at his Sydney home on ...

The love story that caused a scandal.

For years Blanche d'Alpuget made headlines for her love affair with Bob Hawke, but the award-winning writer put little energy into worrying about what others thought of her.

The family of the award-winning writer confirmed on Wednesday that she had died, aged 82, following complications from influenza.

Tributes are pouring in for writer Blanche d’Alpuget, the widow of former prime minister Bob Hawke, after her death at the age of 82.

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Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke's widow Blanche D'Alpuget, who was once described as the 'most hated woman in Australia' for her affair, has died aged 82 following complications from influenza. The ...

Sue Pieters-Hawke spoke to reporters at an event honouring her father on what would have been his 90th birthday.

A secret meeting between Kerry Packer and Bob Hawke that sought to make West Indies legend Clive Lloyd the supremo of Australian cricket is the subject of a new play.

Writer Blanche d'Alpuget, the widow of former prime minister Bob Hawke, has died at the age of 82, her family says.

D'Alpuget's lust for life endured into her senior years. Her family described her as a woman who "lived life on her own terms".