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Gough Whitlam
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These two dismissals, in particular, that of Gough Whitlam in 1975, are two of the most contentious political events of Australia's history. Both are still remembered with very strong feelings and you only need to look at the language used in some of the websites linked to this webquest to realise that. They have ... caused a great deal of discussion amongst historians, constitutional lawyers and academics over the rights and wrongs of the cases.
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Gough Whitlam was Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975 and Leader of the Federal Labor Party from 1967 to 1977. From 1983 to 1986 he was Australia’s Ambassador to UNESCO in Paris.
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Gough Whitlam came into office in late 1972. The Australian Labor Party (ALP) had been in opposition for 23 years, and Whitlam, who had reformed the ALP's policies, was keen to bring a program of social reform to the people of Australia. He ended conscription, established new Commonwealth agencies like Aboriginal Affairs, Environment, and Urban and Regional Development, and introduced universal health care - the Medibank Scheme. Economic woes and political mistakes resulted in the opposition refusing to pass his government's Budget Bills in the Senate. In 1975 he became the only Prime Minister to be removed from office by the Governor-General.
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In 1957 Gough Whitlam delivered in Melbourne the Chifley Memorial Lecture, which he called The Constitution versus Labor (emphasis in original). The Chifley Lecture, plus Whitlam's 1961 Curtin Memorial Lecture, Socialism Within the Australian Constitution, and his report, Labor Policies and Commonwealth Powers, to Labor's 1963 Commonwealth Conference, were published by the Victorian Fabian Society in 1965 under the title Labor and the Constitution. In both length and substance the 1957 Lecture was the most significant. The others were footnotes to it.
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Gough Whitlam was born in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne. His father, Fred Whitlam, was a federal public servant who served as Commonwealth Crown Solicitor. Whitlam senior's involvement in human rights issues was a powerful influence on his son. Whitlam then studied law at the University of Sydney. During the Second World War he served overseas as a navigator in the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 13 Squadron, reaching the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He completed his studies after the war and was admitted to the New South Wales bar in 1947.
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Gough Whitlam was born in Kew, one of Melbourne's wealthier suburbs. (He has always been known by his second name, which is pronounced Goff.) His father, Fred Whitlam, was a federal public servant who served as Solicitor-General. Whitlam senior's involvement in human rights issues was a powerful influence on his son. Whitlam was educated at private schools in Sydney and Canberra before studying law at the University of Sydney. During the Second World War he served as a navigator with the Royal Australian Air Force, reaching the rank of flight-lieutenant. He completed his studies after the war and was admitted to the New South Wales bar in 1947.
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