ELECTION EXCLUSIVE: BOB HAWKE RESURRECTED FROM CELLAR

 A 2013  bottle of  Penfolds Koonunga Hill Cabernet  Sauvignon  , the label  signed by  the  late  , great  Australian  Prime Minister,  Bob Hawke , above  , is  the prize   in  a   fund raising   raffle   for  Edwina  Andrews  , the  ALP  candidate for  the Queensland  seat  of   Herbert, which   takes in  the city of Townsville. Donated  by  a  thoughtful comrade,  tickets are  $5.

Notification of the raffle, to be drawn April 20, contained the  following   comment: 

Whether it's one for your mantelpiece, one for your cellar or just one to toast one of our really great Labor Prime Ministers with your friends, I'd encourage you to buy as many tickets as you can so that we can all keep the legacy of Bob and all the other great Labor Prime Ministers alive for the benefit of today's Australians and our future generations.

Remember in Australian political history, it's always been Labor Governments that have been the nation builders and it's always been Tory governments that  have been the divisive social wreckers.

Hawke  consumed a  variety of libations during visits to sunny Queensland , especially  during  the above  event  in Cairns , possibly the proposed aquarium  project? 

On the death  of  Bob Hawke, the above sign appeared  with  a  variation of his  famous  statement  about  any boss  who sacked a  worker who  did not turn up  after  celebrating  the  Australia ll  win  over the  New  York  Yacht  Club  in  the  l983  America's  Cup  Yacht  Race.  

(Hawke. Wine. Election.)