Jim SpearsPolitical Animals: The Hawke
August 28th 2008 16:39
Cataloguing and referencing the distinct species of Australian political animals is a difficult task. Generally they are confident enough to come close to people while remaining easily frozen by controversy. In many ways we can consider the Robert James Lee Hawke as the first Australian political native untainted by English conceits. Many Australian animals, cultural and corporate, migrate when they perceive their size has become an issue in their native land; the RJL Hawke managed to avoid such conceits proving Australian-ness by studying the Australian arbitration system while at Oxford.
The Australian political habitat can be best described as a tyranny of natural democracy. The political standards and ideals of the Old European World were not transferred successfully to this colony. The aristocratic and dynastic rule that sustained peasantry and incompetence could not be maintained in this New World because no one really wanted the land (well no humans anyway).
Despite a gulf in the political standard the opportunities for innovation and negotiation available to the RJL Hawke via the ACTU allowed the Hawke to thrive and dominate. It is widely acknowledged that RJL Hawke established patterns of behaviour that define the life-cycles of multiple, different, modern political species; the RJL Hawke was the first to attach itself to the belly of the Australian sporting beast in a symbiotic relationship. This parasitical attachment to sport has become the crudest and, arguably, most crucial tactic in modern Australian political survival.
The RJL Hawke has predatory instincts but these remain sheathed until circumstance and self-interest collide favourably. The RJL Hawke is not defined by its self-interest, the destruction of Hayden in 1983 must be considered alongside the fights to protect Antarctica from oil and mining drilling which were realised in the Madrid Protocol of 1991. The RJL Hawke is a consistent fighter for the protection of habitats and lifestyles.
The Robert James Lee Hawke is an Australian native with enticing plumage and distinctive call similar to the kookaburra. The RJL Hawke is known for its preening when being photographed and if captured can prove to be a likeable companion. Although no longer King of the wide brown land the Hawke established the idea of the Australian President.
Beautiful plummage and call differentiate the Hawke.
Despite a gulf in the political standard the opportunities for innovation and negotiation available to the RJL Hawke via the ACTU allowed the Hawke to thrive and dominate. It is widely acknowledged that RJL Hawke established patterns of behaviour that define the life-cycles of multiple, different, modern political species; the RJL Hawke was the first to attach itself to the belly of the Australian sporting beast in a symbiotic relationship. This parasitical attachment to sport has become the crudest and, arguably, most crucial tactic in modern Australian political survival.
The RJL Hawke has predatory instincts but these remain sheathed until circumstance and self-interest collide favourably. The RJL Hawke is not defined by its self-interest, the destruction of Hayden in 1983 must be considered alongside the fights to protect Antarctica from oil and mining drilling which were realised in the Madrid Protocol of 1991. The RJL Hawke is a consistent fighter for the protection of habitats and lifestyles.
The Robert James Lee Hawke is an Australian native with enticing plumage and distinctive call similar to the kookaburra. The RJL Hawke is known for its preening when being photographed and if captured can prove to be a likeable companion. Although no longer King of the wide brown land the Hawke established the idea of the Australian President.
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