Kiama Council flags are being flown at half-mast this Friday (3 November), in a mark of respect for former Governor-General and Federal Opposition Leader, the late Bill Hayden AC.
A State Funeral is taking place at 11.00 am (QLD time) on Friday, 3 November 2023 at St Mary's Church in Ipswich, Queensland.
The service is also being livestreamed:
www.youtube.com/@IpswichCatholicLive
Mr Hayden served as Australia's 21st Governor-General from 1989 to 1996.
In 1989 Mr Hayden received a Companion of the Order of Australia.
In 1961, Mr Hayden was elected to the House of Representatives as the Federal Member for Oxley, Queensland.
He was appointed a Cabinet Minister in the Whitlam Government in 1972 as Minister for Social Security and then Treasurer in 1975.
Mr Hayden served as Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party from 1977 to 1983 and then Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Hawke Government from 1983, adding the Trade portfolio in 1987, he concluded his Parliamentary Service in 1988.
