Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the...
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November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General...
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the Whitlam dismissal was the alleged involvement of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the dismissal of Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam...
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culminated in his decision to dismiss the incumbent prime minister Gough Whitlam and appoint Malcolm Fraser as his replacement, which led to unprecedented...
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The Whitlam government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party. The government...
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block supply to the Whitlam government, precipitating the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. This culminated with Gough Whitlam being dismissed as...
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minister Gough Whitlam uncovered significant new material on the role of High Court justice Sir Anthony Mason in the dismissal of the Whitlam government...
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malapportioned. The division, previously named Throsby, was renamed in honour of Gough Whitlam, the Prime Minister of Australia from 1972–75, in a February 2016 electoral...
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1975, the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, dismissed the Labor Party's Gough Whitlam as prime minister. Despite Labor holding a majority in the House of...
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swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. Her husband was Gough Whitlam, the 21st Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975. Born Margaret...
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was the father of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, and had a great influence on his son's values and interests. Whitlam was born in Prahran, a suburb of...
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after a stay of six or seven years. Many years later, Cairns informed Gough Whitlam that he had long believed that his father had been killed in World War...
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Joseph Cook in 1914 and Malcolm Fraser in 1983. One prime minister, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed by the governor-general during a constitutional crisis...
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"Duumvirate", it was led by the country's 21st Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. The first Whitlam ministry succeeded the McMahon Ministry, which dissolved on...
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Pine Gap (section Whitlam dismissal)
personnel at the base, the Australian Government and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam were not informed of the alert. Since the end of the Cold War in 1991...
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by Gough Whitlam, who became leader in 1967. When Whitlam finally led Labor to office at the 1972 election, Crean became Treasurer, although Whitlam had...
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Second Whitlam ministry (Labor) was the 48th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 21st Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. The...
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Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of then prime minister Gough Whitlam. Before the establishment of the order, Australians could receive British...
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Richard Whitlam (born 6 December 1945) is an Australian businessman and corporate director. He is the son of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and Margaret...
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Lance Barnard (section Whitlam government)
his father had lost five years earlier. Barnard was elected deputy to Gough Whitlam in 1967 and became deputy prime minister following the ALP's victory...
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1932, John Curtin from 1941 to 1945, Ben Chifley from 1945 to 1949, Gough Whitlam from 1972 to 1975, Bob Hawke from 1983 to 1991, Paul Keating from 1991...
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Alliance, cost him support, and Gough Whitlam emerged as Calwell's successor. Beazley was the education minister in the Whitlam government from 1972 to 1975...
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1972 Australian federal election (category Gough Whitlam)
led by Gough Whitlam. Labor's victory ended 23 years of successive Coalition governments that began in 1949 and started the three-year Whitlam Labor Government...
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Minister. Opposition Leader who had previously been Prime Minister. Gough Whitlam refused to use the title Leader of the Opposition between the dismissal...
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content than commercial networks. The station was set up under the Gough Whitlam government, wanting to extend the appeal of the ABC to young Australians...
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Antony Philip Whitlam KC (born 7 January 1944) is an Australian lawyer who has been a politician and judge. He is the son of Gough Whitlam (former Prime...
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third Whitlam ministry (Labor) was the 49th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 21st Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. The...
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final weeks of the Whitlam government - along with Doug McClelland, Keating is the last surviving minister who served under Gough Whitlam. After the Dismissal...
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Ngara was the birthplace of the 21st prime minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam. It is located at 46 Rowland Street, Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria...
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fifth-worst, for his 1939–41 term. Likewise, Humphrey McQueen considered Gough Whitlam to be both the fifth-best and the fourth-worst, describing him as a...
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