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...there is one thing that can be said of the Murdoch papers--almost uniformly, they make money, and lots of it. One of the few exceptions is the Sydney-based Australian, which as Australia's leading newspaper, threw considerable clout into the election of Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. A few years later The Australian threw even more clout--and a good deal of Murdoch's money--into unseating the first Labor premier in 20 years. In London, Murdoch owns not only the immensely profitable News of the World, but the more staid Sun, also a moneymaker. And the next...
...close colleague said yesterday that Terrill finds himself without a position now because "two rugs were pulled out from under him." He cited the Government Department's decision not to offer tenure to Terrill and the recent ouster of Australian Prime Minister E. Gough Whitlam...
Terrill is a close associate of Whitlam, the Labor party leader, and would have been assured of a high government position had he returned to Australia before the ouster...
...seven months, the Ford Administration already considers Fraser, 46, a rangy millionaire farmer, one of the U.S.'s best and most reliable friends in the Pacific. The U.S.-Australian relationship, while always close, has had its ups and downs in recent years, especially after Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pulled Australian troops out of Viet Nam. After Eraser's Liberal-National Country party coalition trounced the Laborites last December, the new P.M. immediately moved to bring Canberra more into line with American foreign policy...
Reversing a Whitlam ruling, Fraser opened Australian ports to U.S. nuclear-powered warships and also offered docking privileges at a new port being constructed near Perth in Western Australia. Since Australia's own army and relatively small navy are insufficient to guard its 12,210-mile coastline or ensure control of supply lines across the Indian Ocean, Fraser has enthusiastically supported Washington's opening up a new base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean...