#whitlam — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #whitlam, aggregated by home.social.
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RE: https://aus.social/@NickSchwanck/116564092253235246
#TVlicences in #Australia were officially #abolished on 18 September 1974 by the #Whitlam Government. The abolition ended over 50 years of licensing, with funding for the #ABC shifting to general #taxpayer revenue. The decision was driven by the high costs of #policing #compliance and the #inequity of the fees across the community. #auspol #UKpol
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RE: https://aus.social/@NickSchwanck/116564092253235246
#TVlicences in #Australia were officially #abolished on 18 September 1974 by the #Whitlam Government. The abolition ended over 50 years of licensing, with funding for the #ABC shifting to general #taxpayer revenue. The decision was driven by the high costs of #policing #compliance and the #inequity of the fees across the community. #auspol #UKpol
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RE: https://aus.social/@NickSchwanck/116564092253235246
#TVlicences in #Australia were officially #abolished on 18 September 1974 by the #Whitlam Government. The abolition ended over 50 years of licensing, with funding for the ABC shifting to general #taxpayer revenue. The decision was driven by the high costs of #policing #compliance and the #inequity of the fees across the community. #auspol #UKpol
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RE: https://aus.social/@NickSchwanck/116564092253235246
#TVlicences in #Australia were officially #abolished on 18 September 1974 by the #Whitlam Government. The abolition ended over 50 years of licensing, with funding for the #ABC shifting to general #taxpayer revenue. The decision was driven by the high costs of #policing #compliance and the #inequity of the fees across the community. #auspol #UKpol
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RE: https://aus.social/@NickSchwanck/116564092253235246
#TVlicences in #Australia were officially #abolished on 18 September 1974 by the #Whitlam Government. The abolition ended over 50 years of licensing, with funding for the ABC shifting to general #taxpayer revenue. The decision was driven by the high costs of #policing #compliance and the #inequity of the fees across the community. #auspol #UKpol
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'When it comes to priorities, maintaining power is prefaced over reform, even if that reform is what is best, or even necessary for the nation.' #australia #ausgov #auspol #anthonyalbanese #albappeasey #gastax #fail #australianlaborparty #whitlam https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/04/25/albanese-labor-gas-tax-safe
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'When it comes to priorities, maintaining power is prefaced over reform, even if that reform is what is best, or even necessary for the nation.' #australia #ausgov #auspol #anthonyalbanese #albappeasey #gastax #fail #australianlaborparty #whitlam https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/04/25/albanese-labor-gas-tax-safe
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'When it comes to priorities, maintaining power is prefaced over reform, even if that reform is what is best, or even necessary for the nation.' #australia #ausgov #auspol #anthonyalbanese #albappeasey #gastax #fail #australianlaborparty #whitlam https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/04/25/albanese-labor-gas-tax-safe
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'When it comes to priorities, maintaining power is prefaced over reform, even if that reform is what is best, or even necessary for the nation.' #australia #ausgov #auspol #anthonyalbanese #albappeasey #gastax #fail #australianlaborparty #whitlam https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/04/25/albanese-labor-gas-tax-safe
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'When it comes to priorities, maintaining power is prefaced over reform, even if that reform is what is best, or even necessary for the nation.' #australia #ausgov #auspol #anthonyalbanese #albappeasey #gastax #fail #australianlaborparty #whitlam https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/04/25/albanese-labor-gas-tax-safe
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Today’s article from @amyremeikis.bsky.social is both a good wrap up of where #AusPol currently stands areas full of so many quotes that I may as well have just copied the whole article (although it was hard, I limited myself to just one paragraph).
I did like her comparison to what #Whitlam achieved in three years compared to what #Albanese has achieved ( … has Albanese done *Anything* other than leave a smudge on the carpet? … dunno, I don’t think so).
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Quote:It doesn’t matter. The focus should be on the government, not the sideshow in the rearview mirror. Albanese is cementing a legacy of cautious, centrist incrementalism at a time when he could be making reforms that would make a material difference in people’s lives, addressing the inequality and stacked deck that has plagued Australians for the past 30 years.
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Today’s article from @amyremeikis.bsky.social is both a good wrap up of where #AusPol currently stands areas full of so many quotes that I may as well have just copied the whole article (although it was hard, I limited myself to just one paragraph).
I did like her comparison to what #Whitlam achieved in three years compared to what #Albanese has achieved ( … has Albanese done *Anything* other than leave a smudge on the carpet? … dunno, I don’t think so).
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Quote:It doesn’t matter. The focus should be on the government, not the sideshow in the rearview mirror. Albanese is cementing a legacy of cautious, centrist incrementalism at a time when he could be making reforms that would make a material difference in people’s lives, addressing the inequality and stacked deck that has plagued Australians for the past 30 years.
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Today’s article from @amyremeikis.bsky.social is both a good wrap up of where #AusPol currently stands areas full of so many quotes that I may as well have just copied the whole article (although it was hard, I limited myself to just one paragraph).
I did like her comparison to what #Whitlam achieved in three years compared to what #Albanese has achieved ( … has Albanese done *Anything* other than leave a smudge on the carpet? … dunno, I don’t think so).
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Quote:It doesn’t matter. The focus should be on the government, not the sideshow in the rearview mirror. Albanese is cementing a legacy of cautious, centrist incrementalism at a time when he could be making reforms that would make a material difference in people’s lives, addressing the inequality and stacked deck that has plagued Australians for the past 30 years.
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Today’s article from @amyremeikis.bsky.social is both a good wrap up of where #AusPol currently stands areas full of so many quotes that I may as well have just copied the whole article (although it was hard, I limited myself to just one paragraph).
I did like her comparison to what #Whitlam achieved in three years compared to what #Albanese has achieved ( … has Albanese done *Anything* other than leave a smudge on the carpet? … dunno, I don’t think so).
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Quote:It doesn’t matter. The focus should be on the government, not the sideshow in the rearview mirror. Albanese is cementing a legacy of cautious, centrist incrementalism at a time when he could be making reforms that would make a material difference in people’s lives, addressing the inequality and stacked deck that has plagued Australians for the past 30 years.
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Today’s article from @amyremeikis.bsky.social is both a good wrap up of where #AusPol currently stands areas full of so many quotes that I may as well have just copied the whole article (although it was hard, I limited myself to just one paragraph).
I did like her comparison to what #Whitlam achieved in three years compared to what #Albanese has achieved ( … has Albanese done *Anything* other than leave a smudge on the carpet? … dunno, I don’t think so).
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Quote:It doesn’t matter. The focus should be on the government, not the sideshow in the rearview mirror. Albanese is cementing a legacy of cautious, centrist incrementalism at a time when he could be making reforms that would make a material difference in people’s lives, addressing the inequality and stacked deck that has plagued Australians for the past 30 years.
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Man charged with assaulting pregnant woman, firing at police in Christmas Eve stand-off
New details have emerged about an incident that prompted police, including the Tactical Response Group, to descend on…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #ACT #actmagistratescourt #ACTPolicing #assaultingapregnantwoman #Canberra #GunViolence #police #TopNews #TopStories #Whitlam
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listening to an episode of the After America podcast from The Australia Institute, talking about the #Whitlam dismissal, and I remembered one of the odder experiences in my life, around 1995 I was renting a room in the house of a woman from an old Balmain Labor family, the phone rang and I answered it...
"Hello?"
"Hello, this is Gough Whitlam..." -
listening to an episode of the After America podcast from The Australia Institute, talking about the #Whitlam dismissal, and I remembered one of the odder experiences in my life, around 1995 I was renting a room in the house of a woman from an old Balmain Labor family, the phone rang and I answered it...
"Hello?"
"Hello, this is Gough Whitlam..." -
listening to an episode of the After America podcast from The Australia Institute, talking about the #Whitlam dismissal, and I remembered one of the odder experiences in my life, around 1995 I was renting a room in the house of a woman from an old Balmain Labor family, the phone rang and I answered it...
"Hello?"
"Hello, this is Gough Whitlam..." -
listening to an episode of the After America podcast from The Australia Institute, talking about the #Whitlam dismissal, and I remembered one of the odder experiences in my life, around 1995 I was renting a room in the house of a woman from an old Balmain Labor family, the phone rang and I answered it...
"Hello?"
"Hello, this is Gough Whitlam..." -
listening to an episode of the After America podcast from The Australia Institute, talking about the #Whitlam dismissal, and I remembered one of the odder experiences in my life, around 1995 I was renting a room in the house of a woman from an old Balmain Labor family, the phone rang and I answered it...
"Hello?"
"Hello, this is Gough Whitlam..." -
Attached is a short read from Professor Jenny Hocking, the person whose unrelenting work on The Dismissal led to the release of the ‘Palace Letters’ (amongst other things).
The article is worth a read.
#Auspol #TheDismissal #Whitlam #Kerr #Fraser
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/the-dismissal-at-50-a-calculated-plot-an-ambush-a-coup/
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Attached is a short read from Professor Jenny Hocking, the person whose unrelenting work on The Dismissal led to the release of the ‘Palace Letters’ (amongst other things).
The article is worth a read.
#Auspol #TheDismissal #Whitlam #Kerr #Fraser
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/the-dismissal-at-50-a-calculated-plot-an-ambush-a-coup/
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Attached is a short read from Professor Jenny Hocking, the person whose unrelenting work on The Dismissal led to the release of the ‘Palace Letters’ (amongst other things).
The article is worth a read.
#Auspol #TheDismissal #Whitlam #Kerr #Fraser
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/the-dismissal-at-50-a-calculated-plot-an-ambush-a-coup/
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Attached is a short read from Professor Jenny Hocking, the person whose unrelenting work on The Dismissal led to the release of the ‘Palace Letters’ (amongst other things).
The article is worth a read.
#Auspol #TheDismissal #Whitlam #Kerr #Fraser
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/the-dismissal-at-50-a-calculated-plot-an-ambush-a-coup/
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Attached is a short read from Professor Jenny Hocking, the person whose unrelenting work on The Dismissal led to the release of the ‘Palace Letters’ (amongst other things).
The article is worth a read.
#Auspol #TheDismissal #Whitlam #Kerr #Fraser
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/the-dismissal-at-50-a-calculated-plot-an-ambush-a-coup/
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The overthrow by foreign and domestic vested interests of Australia's last independent reformist government, never to be seen again. #australia #auspol #whitlam #cia #USA #UK https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/from-whitlam-to-aukus-sovereignty-silenced/
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The overthrow by foreign and domestic vested interests of Australia's last independent reformist government, never to be seen again. #australia #auspol #whitlam #cia #USA #UK https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/from-whitlam-to-aukus-sovereignty-silenced/
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The overthrow by foreign and domestic vested interests of Australia's last independent reformist government, never to be seen again. #australia #auspol #whitlam #cia #USA #UK https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/from-whitlam-to-aukus-sovereignty-silenced/
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The overthrow by foreign and domestic vested interests of Australia's last independent reformist government, never to be seen again. #australia #auspol #whitlam #cia #USA #UK https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/from-whitlam-to-aukus-sovereignty-silenced/
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@NickSchwanck @luciedigitalni @Old_IT_geek
It is worth remembering how fiercely the Murdoch press lined up against Whitlam in the lead up to the dismissal and how reliably it has backed the fossil fuel aligned lnp ever since. The coverage was never neutral and it has shaped decades of public opinion.
The small consolation is that Murdochs outlets now speak mainly to the older crowd. Younger Australians are tuning out entirely, choosing independent and digital sources instead. They are the one bright sign that a better future is still possible here.#australianpolitics #whitlam #australia #media #lnp #lnpfail #msm #auspol
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@NickSchwanck @luciedigitalni @Old_IT_geek
It is worth remembering how fiercely the Murdoch press lined up against Whitlam in the lead up to the dismissal and how reliably it has backed the fossil fuel aligned lnp ever since. The coverage was never neutral and it has shaped decades of public opinion.
The small consolation is that Murdochs outlets now speak mainly to the older crowd. Younger Australians are tuning out entirely, choosing independent and digital sources instead. They are the one bright sign that a better future is still possible here.#australianpolitics #whitlam #australia #media #lnp #lnpfail #msm #auspol
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@NickSchwanck @luciedigitalni @Old_IT_geek
It is worth remembering how fiercely the Murdoch press lined up against Whitlam in the lead up to the dismissal and how reliably it has backed the fossil fuel aligned lnp ever since. The coverage was never neutral and it has shaped decades of public opinion.
The small consolation is that Murdochs outlets now speak mainly to the older crowd. Younger Australians are tuning out entirely, choosing independent and digital sources instead. They are the one bright sign that a better future is still possible here.#australianpolitics #whitlam #australia #media #lnp #lnpfail #msm #auspol
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@NickSchwanck @luciedigitalni @Old_IT_geek
It is worth remembering how fiercely the Murdoch press lined up against Whitlam in the lead up to the dismissal and how reliably it has backed the fossil fuel aligned lnp ever since. The coverage was never neutral and it has shaped decades of public opinion.
The small consolation is that Murdochs outlets now speak mainly to the older crowd. Younger Australians are tuning out entirely, choosing independent and digital sources instead. They are the one bright sign that a better future is still possible here.#australianpolitics #whitlam #australia #media #lnp #lnpfail #msm #auspol
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@NickSchwanck @luciedigitalni @Old_IT_geek
It is worth remembering how fiercely the Murdoch press lined up against Whitlam in the lead up to the dismissal and how reliably it has backed the fossil fuel aligned lnp ever since. The coverage was never neutral and it has shaped decades of public opinion.
The small consolation is that Murdochs outlets now speak mainly to the older crowd. Younger Australians are tuning out entirely, choosing independent and digital sources instead. They are the one bright sign that a better future is still possible here.#australianpolitics #whitlam #australia #media #lnp #lnpfail #msm #auspol
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Did the CIA help topple Gough Whitlam in 1975? Cameron Mitchell, better known as @Mr_M_History, digs into the Whitlam dismissal by Governor General John Kerr and the long running allegations of US interference. From Pine Gap and the Nugan Hand Bank to the channels linking Canberra and Washington, he lays out the case.
He also examines the roles of Malcolm Fraser, John Kerr, Bob Hawke, several High Court judges and the British Royal family through the palace letters saga. A clear look at one of Australias most dramatic political moments. -
Did the CIA help topple Gough Whitlam in 1975? Cameron Mitchell, better known as @Mr_M_History, digs into the Whitlam dismissal by Governor General John Kerr and the long running allegations of US interference. From Pine Gap and the Nugan Hand Bank to the channels linking Canberra and Washington, he lays out the case.
He also examines the roles of Malcolm Fraser, John Kerr, Bob Hawke, several High Court judges and the British Royal family through the palace letters saga. A clear look at one of Australias most dramatic political moments. -
Did the CIA help topple Gough Whitlam in 1975? Cameron Mitchell, better known as @Mr_M_History, digs into the Whitlam dismissal by Governor General John Kerr and the long running allegations of US interference. From Pine Gap and the Nugan Hand Bank to the channels linking Canberra and Washington, he lays out the case.
He also examines the roles of Malcolm Fraser, John Kerr, Bob Hawke, several High Court judges and the British Royal family through the palace letters saga. A clear look at one of Australias most dramatic political moments. -
Did the CIA help topple Gough Whitlam in 1975? Cameron Mitchell, better known as @Mr_M_History, digs into the Whitlam dismissal by Governor General John Kerr and the long running allegations of US interference. From Pine Gap and the Nugan Hand Bank to the channels linking Canberra and Washington, he lays out the case.
He also examines the roles of Malcolm Fraser, John Kerr, Bob Hawke, several High Court judges and the British Royal family through the palace letters saga. A clear look at one of Australias most dramatic political moments. -
Did the CIA help topple Gough Whitlam in 1975? Cameron Mitchell, better known as @Mr_M_History, digs into the Whitlam dismissal by Governor General John Kerr and the long running allegations of US interference. From Pine Gap and the Nugan Hand Bank to the channels linking Canberra and Washington, he lays out the case.
He also examines the roles of Malcolm Fraser, John Kerr, Bob Hawke, several High Court judges and the British Royal family through the palace letters saga. A clear look at one of Australias most dramatic political moments. -
The deliberate theft of free education by successive governments is one of the greatest acts of intergenerational theft in our history. I know, because I was one of the lucky ones who benefited from Whitlam's vision. We must restore it.
#FreeEducation #Whitlam #AusPol #LNPFail #EducationForAll #dumbingdown
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The deliberate theft of free education by successive governments is one of the greatest acts of intergenerational theft in our history. I know, because I was one of the lucky ones who benefited from Whitlam's vision. We must restore it.
#FreeEducation #Whitlam #AusPol #LNPFail #EducationForAll #dumbingdown
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The deliberate theft of free education by successive governments is one of the greatest acts of intergenerational theft in our history. I know, because I was one of the lucky ones who benefited from Whitlam's vision. We must restore it.
#FreeEducation #Whitlam #AusPol #LNPFail #EducationForAll #dumbingdown
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The deliberate theft of free education by successive governments is one of the greatest acts of intergenerational theft in our history. I know, because I was one of the lucky ones who benefited from Whitlam's vision. We must restore it.
#FreeEducation #Whitlam #AusPol #LNPFail #EducationForAll #dumbingdown
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The deliberate theft of free education by successive governments is one of the greatest acts of intergenerational theft in our history. I know, because I was one of the lucky ones who benefited from Whitlam's vision. We must restore it.
#FreeEducation #Whitlam #AusPol #LNPFail #EducationForAll #dumbingdown
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ✧
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis culminated on 11 November when Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as prime minister and appointed Malcolm Fraser, the opposition leader, as caretaker. The Whitlam government had been rocked by scandal...
#AustralianLaborParty #Kerr #Whitlam #ALP #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ✧
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis culminated on 11 November when Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as prime minister and appointed Malcolm Fraser, the opposition leader, as caretaker. The Whitlam government had been rocked by scandal...
#AustralianLaborParty #Kerr #Whitlam #ALP #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ✧
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis culminated on 11 November when Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as prime minister and appointed Malcolm Fraser, the opposition leader, as caretaker. The Whitlam government had been rocked by scandal...
#AustralianLaborParty #Kerr #Whitlam #ALP #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ✧
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis culminated on 11 November when Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as prime minister and appointed Malcolm Fraser, the opposition leader, as caretaker. The Whitlam government had been rocked by scandal...
#AustralianLaborParty #Kerr #Whitlam #ALP #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ✧
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis culminated on 11 November when Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as prime minister and appointed Malcolm Fraser, the opposition leader, as caretaker. The Whitlam government had been rocked by scandal...
#AustralianLaborParty #Kerr #Whitlam #ALP #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis