Shorten wins high praise from Hawke

Former PM Bob Hawke says Labor Minister Bill Shorten (pic) has "future leadership qualities". Source: AAP

EDUCATION and Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has won high praise from former prime minister Bob Hawke as a person with "future leadership qualities".

Mr Hawke said Mr Shorten had a strong academic background coupled with experience in both the union movement and as a senior minister and backed the suggestion that the former union boss could be a future Labor leader.

"He did a marvellous job in the leadership of the trade union movement, protecting and advancing the interests of the working people of this country," Mr Hawke told reporters on Thursday.

"So the answer is obviously yes."

Asked if Mr Shorten would be a better leader than prime minister Kevin Rudd, Mr Hawke said comparisons were "invidious".

"The truth is that Bill has had a longer experience in the Labor movement and the trade union movement and has had more experience, therefore, in dealing with people at an individual level," Mr Hawke said.

"That would mean his relations with his colleagues would always be easy."

Mr Hawke's comments came after a speech to Labor members and supporters in Adelaide where he urged them to seek out undecided voters ahead of the September 7 election to emphasise Labor's record on economic management, education and national security.

"This is about what sort of country we're going to be, what sort of society we're going to be," he said.

"Whether we're going to be a society of equal opportunity, whether we're going to be a country which maximises its opportunities for growth and whether we're going to be a country which takes a constructive lead in the region and the world in creating a more harmonious society."

Mr Shorten said Mr Hawke was one of Australia's greatest ever communicators.

"Every political party wishes they had one but Labor is the only one who has a Bob Hawke," he said.

Opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb said Mr Hawke's praise for Mr Shorten was a massive vote of no confidence in Mr Rudd.

"Mr Hawke's public intervention today demonstrates a complete lack of confidence in Mr Rudd's leadership by a revered Labor Party elder," Mr Robb said in a statement.

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