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Gough Whitlam
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(Edward) Gough Whitlam, AC 1987, QC 1962, MHR 1952-78, was the Prime Minister of Australia from December 1972 to November 1975. When Whitlam became Prime Minister in 1972 he abolished conscription, withdrew the remaining Australian troops from Vietnam, banned sporting teams from South Africa, changed Australias voting on South African questions in the UN, organised independence for PNG, abolished tertiary fees and the death penalty, introduced welfare payments for single parent families and reduced the voting age to eighteen years.
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