business council: Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott believes Mr Hawke united Australians around common purpose - building a stronger, fairer and more prosperous nation, according to Nine News Australia. He helped create a more competitive Australian economy but also a more confident and outgoing Australian community, Ms Westacott said in a statement on Friday. To improve your experience update it here News National Business holds up Hawke as political icon By AAP11 52am May 17, not just trade unions and the labour movement that fondly remember the life of the late Bob Hawke - business too have held up the former Labor prime minister as an icon of Australian politics. Australian political life is poorer today without Bob Hawke, but Australians are richer for his bold economic and social reforms. Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox said Mr Hawke built strong relationships, which allowed for Accords between business, unions and government, averting or shortening many an industrial dispute, and led to consensus around the opening up of the Australian economy. Among a long list of achievements, Mr Hawke, with his treasurer Paul Keating, floated the Australian dollar, opened up the banking industry to foreign players and cut tariffs, while setting up Medicare and introducing superannuation.
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