Mr Hawke and Australia

Mr Bond: He said Mr Bond, who died on Friday aged 77, had done what no other nation had done in beating the US at yacht racing."It impossible to overstate just how much he lifted the spirits of Australia," Mr Hawke told reporters in Sydney on Friday."The spirits of Australia were low in the early 1980s, according to Nine News Australia. We had gone through bad economic times. Mr Hawke said Bond was also a corporate crook, who, as distinct from other corporate criminals of the time, stayed to face the music. The country was badly divided. But we united around this marvellous historic victory."Mr Hawke acknowledged that Mr Bond had caused harm to a lot of people in his fraudulent business dealings that resulted in a four-year jail sentence."But on balance, he'll always rank remarkably high for the contribution he made to Australia."© AAP 2015Email your news tips Do you have any news photos or videos Property news: Home ideas to stay warm in winter - realestate.com.au Motoring news: More than 50,000 Chrysler 300 recalled - carsales.com.au Property news: Gourmet bars winning the burger wars - news: SRT Tomahawk concept is nuts - carsales.com.au (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.