the kirribilli agreement of 1988 was a secret meeting Social_event between the australian prime minister bob hawke and treasurer paul keating .

the two men met Come_together at kirribilli house , the prime minister UNK s official sydney residence , to make an agreement as to when hawke would hand over Change_of_leadership the leadership of the australian labor party .

prime minister hawke invited Request actu secretary bill kelty and sir peter abeles to kirribilli house , so that proper arrangement could be made Creating .

after securing a fourth term in march 1990 , hawke reneged on the agreement in january 1991 following a `` treacherous '' speech by keating , called the `` placido domingo speech '' , delivered to the national press club in december 1990 which belittled hawke 's leadership .

hawke delivered Expressing_publicly his farewell address at parliament house a day earlier .

the new government , under bob hawke , had promised Commitment to stop Preventing_or_letting the dam from being built Building .