Bob Hawke: Flags to fly at half mast as tributes flow for the former prime minister

Here are a few of the major newspapers across the country today.

It's quite something to see election news almost completely wiped off the front pages one day out from an election.

Here are today's front page tributes to Hawke in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

From a serious motorbike crash in his youth to becoming Labor's golden boy who transformed a nation, Hawke's extraordinary life story is captured in this obituary by former Herald writer Damien Murphy.

After he died on Thursday, surrounded by his family in his Sydney home, his wife Blanche d'Alpuget said: "The golden bowl is broken".

Good morning, welcome to our live coverage as we continue to digest the news of Bob Hawke's death.

The Australian flag will fly at half mast today on all Australian government buildings here and overseas to mark the former prime minister's death.

Did you skol a beer in Hawke's honour last night? Share your tributes here or in the comments.