Today marks what would have been the 90th birthday of the late Bob Hawke — but the occasion is marred by a growing bitter family feud.
report revealed the former prime minister’s daughter, Rosslyn Dillon, claimed she was raped in the 1980s by a Labor MP and was asked by her father not to report it to police.
The 59-year-old claims her father urged her to keep quiet to protect his prime ministerial ambitions. The late ex-Labor leader’s daughter, Rosslyn Dillon, alleged she was raped in the 1980s and asked by her father to remain quiet.Bob Hawke’s widow Blanche d’Alpuget held a public auction of family items following the former Labor leader’s death, enraging members of his family.According to, Ms Dillon was reportedly highly distressed by the auction, prompting her son, Paul, to confront Mr Hawke’s second wife.
When asked which part was threatening, she said she had the “right to auction stuff that is legally mine”. Ms d’Alpuget’s legal correspondence notes that “none of the deceased’s other family members have claimed any items from the auction”.Anger has been brewing in the Hawke family since long before the public auction, with a legal battle launched just a couple of months after the former prime minister’s death.
“With today’s transformative service, we smile again, we glow with pride for the presence among us for almost 90 years of a great human being,” Ms d’Alpuget said.
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