Word: whitlam
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...Australian government or even throw out the government and call for new elections. Or he may not. In practice he almost never does. The last and only time he did was in 1975, when the G-G, Sir John Kerr, fired the Labor government led by Gough Whitlam. This caused shock and resentment. Millions of Australians felt that Whitlam, their hero, the great reformer of government policy in the domains of race, immigration, foreign policy and the arts, had been stolen from them. There are still plenty of people around who regard this as not far from a coup...
...firing of Whitlam made many Australians sit up with a jerk. It had never occurred to them before that the Queen had the raw constitutional power to do such a thing. It cranked up the long-dormant impulse toward republicanism. Until the 1970s this had been an issue only for intellectuals and a few left-wing workers whose vehemence earned them an undeserved reputation as ratbags (obsessed eccentrics). The problem was democratizing the republican issue while detaching it from the ownership of the Australian left. And it did slowly broaden, though its main political instrument, the Australian Republican Movement (A.R.M...
...bonus, sits nicely in your hands. "Our speeches are leaner than most, and more direct," writes the one-time speechwriter to former Prime Minister Paul Keating and now director of the global issues program at the Lowy Institute. Although his choices favor Labor leaders such as Keating, Gough Whitlam and John Curtin, there's a good sample from the Tories, including Robert Menzies, Alfred Deakin and John Howard. Each selection is adroitly and briefly introduced. Fullilove laments that today's speechmaking and writing ain't what they used to be, particularly in foreign affairs. Yet in the era of short...
...Immigration Restriction Act designed to “place certain restrictions on immigration and…for the removal…of prohibited immigrants.” Blatantly retitled the “White Australia Policy,” immigration restrictions continued until 1973, when the Whitlam government finally overhauled the racist doctrine. Yet its supporters were out in number at Cronulla on Sunday, where leader of the Australia First Party, John Moffitt, handed out pamphlets declaring, “This is a great day. Australia is now seeing what the policies of the last 30 years are reaping...
...TRUST ELECTION. "I want to ease the squeeze on middle Australia." Mogadon Man. L-plate. Liverpool Council. Gough Whitlam. "As the leader of the team, I make a full commitment to be there for the long haul and the benefit of the Australian people ... I'm 43 years of age, I feel like I'm in the prime of my life, I've got a lot to contribute for the future." Low interest-rate guarantee. Medicare Gold. Trees, not jobs. The handshake. HOWARD'S HISTORIC...