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home / archives / politics / australian / federal / bob hawke / 17th May 1991

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There's always a risk!

With interest rates and inflation at record lows Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating brazen it out against rising unemployment and the recession. Shades of Paul Keating's 1986 warning about Australia becoming a third world economy and a 'banana republic' were brought to mind.