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Bill Hayden: Prime Minister mourns ‘architect of Medicare’ after death aged 90

Bill Hayden was social services minister in the Whitlam Government.
Australian Associated Press
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26 October 2023
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Bill Hayden pictured in 2008. Photo: AAP.

Former federal Labor leader and governor-general Bill Hayden is being remembered as a great Australian after his death aged 90.

He led Labor in opposition from 1977 to 1983 before serving as foreign minister in Bob Hawke’s government.

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