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Bob Hawke accepting the Barunga petition
1988
Other topics in The Keating Years
The fifth term
Claiming victory on election night at Bankstown, a jubilant Keating declared it was ‘the sweetest victory of all – one for the true believers.’ Labor supporters rejoiced, while Coalition strategists and media doomsayers ate their words. Celebrations continued through to a ‘True Believers’ Ball,’ a…