It is believed that Hawke told Telling Keating that `` two terms should do him '' .

This resulted in Causation Keating throwing his support behind Hawke , causing then-Leader Bill Hayden to resign and make way for Hawke to become Leader .

Treasurer Keating wanted to make Creating a formal agreement , with witnesses .

The two men came to Self_motion an agreement , that presuming Hawke won the 1990 Australian election Choosing ( which he did ) , he would step down as Prime Minister and hand over power to Keating – sometime during that term .

As the years went on , the relationship between Keating and Hawke deteriorated Cause_change_of_strength .

In June 1991 Keating decided Deciding to challenge for the leadership of the Labor party , which Hawke decided to contest .

Keating 's leadership bid failed and he moved Motion to the backbench .

During the final months of the Hawke Government , the economy weakened Cause_change_of_strength , and the government 's popularity was falling Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , which prompted many high profile Labor caucus members to throw their support behind Keating .

Keating decided Deciding to challenge Hawke once more in December 1991 .

Keating won the leadership against Hawke , with 56 votes to 51 .

Keating was sworn Commitment in as Prime Minister of Australia on 20 December 1991 .

In recent times there has been continued tension between Hawke and Keating , which has been deliberately made public .

In a biography of Hawke by Blanche d'Alpuget , Hawke 's later second wife , d'Alpuget outlines Recording a scathing attack on Keating and many senior members of his government .

Meanwhile Keating wrote Writing a letter outlining his disapproval of Hawke 's perceptions of him and leaked Reveal_secret it to `` The Australian '' .

Tipperary captained Control by Richard Stakelum and managed Control by Bab 's Keating won the replay Competition by 4-22 to 1-22 after extra time a week later in Killarney to claim Statement their first Munster Senior title since 1971 .