In 1975, Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and his government. Whitlam's Labor government was in a budget deadlock with the Senate. Governor-General Sir John Kerr used his reserve powers to break the deadlock by dismissing Whitlam's government and appointing opposition leader Malcolm Fraser caretaker prime minister. An election was held on 13 December 1975 and Fraser and his Liberal-Country coalition won. | Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament Hous
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After being dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr on 11 November 1975, Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam walked out onto the steps of Parliament House. Facing a stunned press pack and gathered supporters, he delivered one of the most iconic speeches in Australian political history. | NSW Labor
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The governor-general who sacked Gough Whitlam thought it best not to explicitly inform the Queen of his move before taking the enormous step on November 11, 1975. But Sir John Kerr's newly released correspondence with Buckingham Palace shows he did inform the Queen and her private secretary, Sir Martin Charteris, of his thinking in the months before the dismissal. Following a landmark High Court decision, the National Archives of Australia on Tuesday released details of letters between the then
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It's been 50 years since Governor-General Sir John Kerr sacked Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. 7NEWS looks back at Australia's biggest political crisis and what led to the infamous dismissal on November 11, 1975. #auspol #history #goughwhitlam #malcolmfraser #johnkerr | 7NEWS Australia
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