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  "id": 6364622,
  "title": "Blanche d’Alpuget: The life of acclaimed writer and Bob Hawke's widow",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/blanche-dalpuget-the-life-of-acclaimed-writer-and-bob-hawkes-widow",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T01:46:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
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    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/blanche-d-alpuget-the-life-of-acclaimed-writer-and-bob-hawkes-widow-20260909-p60vsc.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Blanche d'Alpuget was an acclaimed author of biographies, novels, and essays. She won the NSW Premier's Award for her political biography about her late husband, Bob Hawke.\n\nD'Alpuget's biographies were known for their candid portrayals of their subjects. According to ABC News AU, industrial arbitrator Sir Richard Kirby likened reading her biographical works to being \"caught in the nude\". Her biographies of Bob Hawke were among her most well-known works.\n\nD'Alpuget met Bob Hawke in 1970 in Jakarta, where she was living with her first husband, Anthony Pratt. She described her love for Hawke as enhancing her life and attitude, allowing her to weather hostility that came her way after their affair became known.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "'Never nasty, always naughty': Blanche d'Alpuget was far more than just Bob Hawke's wife",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/never-nasty-always-naughty-blanche-dalpuget-was-far-more-than-just",
        "published": "2026-09-09T01:36:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Blanche d’Alpuget: The life of acclaimed writer and Bob Hawke's widow",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/blanche-dalpuget-the-life-of-acclaimed-writer-and-bob-hawkes-widow-6364697",
        "published": "2026-09-09T01:46:34.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Blanche D'Alpuget and Bob Hawke on the moment they met",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/blanche-dalpuget-and-bob-hawke-on-the-moment-they-met-6371526",
        "published": "2026-09-09T02:33:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Blanche d’Alpuget wasn’t just Bob Hawke’s wife. She was a fierce intellect who only saw the good in people | Craig Emerson",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/blanche-dalpuget-wasnt-just-bob-hawkes-wife-she-was-a-fierce",
        "published": "2026-09-09T05:30:57.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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