Talk:Bill Hayden

message: Bill attended the last Labor function I was at, in which several speakers made reference to the fact that he had re-joined the party.  Perhaps the article is in need of an update? Slac speak up! 01:35, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: "Alienation from his former party"

message: Is it possible to find a photo of Bill Hayden as Governor-General ie a photo from the 1980's rather than one from when he entered Parliament in the late 1960s ?  Paddington62 3 march 2006 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.153.2.2 (talk) 07:21, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have updated the picture to  from 1987, this one seemed suitable as this exact image was not used elsewhere on this page but it was cropped from another picture on the page, I could not find many other suitable images of Hayden.
At the moment the picture I have used on the main page has been reverted to an older one from around 1971. I am unsure of whether better images are available from sources other than Wikipedia Commons or that image will be suitable. Qwerty123M (talk) 06:27, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: I am pretty sure this is not the Bill Hayden from the british metal band jerusalem. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.208.78.62 (talk) 01:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So am I  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.149.29.82 (talk) 14:41, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band Member? 

message: Was it Hayden who declined the normal practice of the G-G becoming the Chief Scout of Australia, on the grounds that the Scout oath was inimical to his atheism?  JackofOz 11:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: To answer my own question, yes, it was.  This is a cite for the GG normally being made Chief Scout.  And this confirms that Hayden said thanks, but no thanks.  Disclaimer: I have no association whatsoever with the League of Rights or what they stand for; this was the only cite I could find on Google.  --  JackofOz 00:17, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Declined to be Chief Scout

message: Four former prime ministers - Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and Bill Hayden - were among those paying their respects... time to update the wiki or jump up and down over how the media don't proof their articles these days? :P Timeshift 08:10, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Prime Minister Hayden?

message: Hi, I believe a some passages in the article need to be sourced, trimmed of weasel words and have their pov cleaned.
I have marked these passages in the text, and, following timeshift's suggestion, I'm adding them here for discussion. I apologize for not starting this discussion here the first time I tagged the problematic sentences. I acted that way because I believe this tagging to be uncontroversial.
They are:
;Non-neutral point of view (POV)
# "By 1982 it was clear that Fraser was manoeuvring to call an early election," 
#: "Clear"?
#"...Hayden, still emotional, said that "a drover's dog..."
#: "Emotional" is the authors opinion. A neutral encyclopedia should avoid that language.
#"In a remarkable 1983 speech..."
#: "Remarkable" is quite povvy.
; Use of Weasel words
#"In December Labor failed to win the vital Flinders by-election, reinforcing doubts about Hayden's ability to win an election."
#:Whose doubts? I believe this passage is loaded.
;Lack of sources
# "Hawke continued to plot against Hayden."
#: This being a biorgaphy of a living person, this passage should actually be removed instead of tagged.
#"...Hayden's closest supporters told him that he must resign,..."
#: Is that a first person account? What's the reliable source we attribute this to? 
Thanks, --Damiens.rf 13:00, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources, etc. 

message: Here is a copy of an edit i made to the main article that was totally reverted. While perhaps some of the assertions are still unsourced, I have endeavoured to remove weasel wording and biased phraseology (as identified by other editors). However, I dont believe the arbirtary blanket reversion (by one user) of all of the editing to the previous (and contentious) version was the best way to proceed in improving the article.
I suggest that from this takkpage, sentences or paragraphs that are consensually agreeable should be reinstated into the main article.
Jabberjawjapan (talk) 08:53, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  attempt at a re-edit 

message: Bill Hayden was interviewed by Chris Uhlmann at Julia Gillard's campaign "launch" in Brisbane today.  He said he and his wife have been campaigning for Labor in the seat of Blair.  My impression was that he'd kept out of party politics since becoming Governor-General, including after he left the office, which would be normal procedure for ex G-Gs.  He also mentioned, in saying how impressed he was by Julia Gillard's speech, that he "had never heard the woman speak before", so he obviously isn't keeping up with recent developments.  A very odd little interview.  --  Jack of Oz  ... speak! ...  03:03, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Return to campaigning for Labor

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message: There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages. 
The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion. 
Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 03:56, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: I'm surprised to see the article says that Hayden supported the republic "No" vote. I won't argue with the cite that he opposed it as late as 7 October 1999 , but I am sure I remember him saying he supported "Yes" and, when pressed, said words to the effect of "I changed my mind". It was on a televised debate very soon before the (6 November 1999) vote, which included Hazel Hawke and Geoffrey Robertson also advocating "Yes". Can anyone else remember this? Or better still, reference it? Adpete (talk) 05:21, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Well he was still advocating No as late as 2-Nov-1999.  It seems my memory is faulty. Adpete (talk) 05:26, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hayden supported the Republic "Yes" vote? 

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