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Australia
Shots fired, pregnant woman and children injured: new details emerge of Whitlam incident
After the incident, two children were taken to hospital.
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Australia
Republic campaign reignited by evidence of royal involvement in Whitlam sacking
A re-examination of royal intervention in Whitlam’s Dismissal has renewed calls for Australia to finally become a republic, writes Dr…
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UK
Paul Keating says he advised Gough Whitlam to put John Kerr ‘under police arrest’ during dismissal saga | Gough Whitlam
Former prime minister Paul Keating said he advised Gough Whitlam to arrest then-governor-general Sir John Kerr at the height of…
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Australia
Did the CIA overthrow the Whitlam government?
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that it is. But is there a smoking gun? Article Did the CIA…
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Australia
The timeline leading up to Kerr’s dismissal of Whitlam
The dismissal of then-prime minister Gough Whitlam by the governor-general in 1975 sparked decades-long debates and fueled debate about having…
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Australia
Why was Gough Whitlam dismissed? For being too radical?
There are many conjectures about who exactly was behind the events of November 11, 1975. From Governor-General John Kerr to…
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UK
Gough Whitlam’s dismissal ‘a calculated plot’ to remove elected government via partisan ambush, PM says | Gough Whitlam
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Gough Whitlam’s sacking was not a constitutional crisis but a “calculated plot” to destroy a…
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Australia
Can Anthony Albanese credibly claim to be a successor of Whitlam?
From AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese argues he is closer to Liberal Prime…
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Australia
Jenny Hocking on the Whitlam Dismissal, our lack of transparency
On 11 November 1975, governor general John Kerr created the biggest scandal in modern Australian history by sacking Labor prime…
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Australia
Busting the myths of Menzies and Whitlam
You don’t have to look far to find an Australian political thinker (or LinkedIn account) commemorates the names of Australia’s…
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