.  . .but his marbles are clearly still in working order.

His comments about Abbott & Turnbull are spot on.

Turnbull is "trouble for Labor" is absolutely spot on.

And Abbott is "a good man" but was "a terrible PM" is a fair & accurate summary.

bogarde73 wrote on Dec 29^th, 2015 at 9:41am:

. .but his marbles are clearly still in working order

...is Blanche pregnant?  :D

Everything is possible.

Geez - do I have to do all the work your yez?  Professor Google...

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-turnbull-a-threat-to-the-labor-party-bob-hawke-20151228-glvzz4.html

"Malcolm Turnbull is a threat to the Labor Party and Tony Abbott is a "decent man" but was not a "great prime minister", according to former PM Bob Hawke.

In a wide-ranging speech to Australia's biggest folk festival on Monday, Mr Hawke also called for Australia to increase its refugee intake and recognise Indigenous Australians in its constitution.

Pundits rushed to compare Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with the former Labor national leader when he took office in September.

Labor even launched an attack on Liberal National Party-held seats in Queensland in a bid to capitalise on what it termed the new PM's "Queensland problem" and counteract the Coalition's popularity jump.

When asked whether the Member for Wentworth was a threat to his party, Mr Hawke replied "of course he is".

But he was far less effusive of the PM's predecessor, who he said "wasn't a great prime minister but he was a decent man".

Mr Hawke, a well-known republican, suggested the best way for a referendum to succeed in throwing out the monarchy was to ensure it only took effect after the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

"The old darl's looking bloody fit still," he said.

The former PM touched on everything from artificial intelligence and terrorism to Indigenous constitutional recognition in his hour-long forum at the Woodford Folk Festival, north of Brisbane.

"I want to assert as strongly as I can that the issue, which more than any other, is going to determine the future development of this country … will be the way in which, and how seriously we go about the issue of dealing with the gaps between our Indigenous people and the rest of us," he said.

Mr Hawke, an annual visitor to the Woodford festival, earlier sat in the second row as Indigenous activist Noel Pearson made the same call for constitutional recognition."

Bob thinks we need more refugees. Wouldn't be many refugees living around his harbour side mansion. That's for other peoples suburbs thinks cry baby Bob. :'( :'( :'(