In her final statement, d’Alpuget said ‘our highest calling and greatest achievement is love’ ...

For years Blanche d'Alpuget made headlines for her love affair with Bob Hawke, but the award-winning writer put little energy into worrying about what others thought of her.

Blanche d'Alpuget, the Australian writer and widow of former prime minister Bob Hawke, lived a remarkable life, with her loved ones confirming her death.

Writer Blanche d'Alpuget, the widow of former prime minister Bob Hawke, has died at the age of 82, her family says.

D’Apulget was a successful author who brought her own star power to her relationship with her ‘great love’, Bob Hawke ...

She was a brilliant writer, mother and wife who refused to be confined by convention, or by other people’s expectations of ...

The highly-regarded author knew her subject well; Hawke and d’Alpuget had started a love affair – off and on, on and off – since 1976. Romantic turbulence ensued. Hawke, apparently drunk, proposed to ...