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In the 1980s Turnbull partnered with another former Labor Premier Neville Wran and a Labor son Nicholas Whitlam in an investment bank they entitled Whitlam
Peter Martin 2008
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Abs - I agree, and dear old Gough Whitlam would know the difference too.
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In 1975 the queen's then-representative in Australia, Governor-General Sir John Kerr, forced a near political coup when in an unprecedented act he used his royal powers to dismiss Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and his entire government over a financing crisis.
Going Gaga for Queen Elizabeth Enda Curran 2011
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Since the early 1970s Australia has had a string of front-rank, globally recognized prime ministers: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard and Kevin Rudd.
When Julia Gillard Went to Canberra Nick Bryant 2011
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In the Canada of today it would have been impossible for someone like Sir John Kerr to be governor general, and even more impossible for him to decisively resolve constitutional crises as he did in relation to Whitlam and Fraser.
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Since the early 1970s Australia has had a string of front-rank, globally recognized prime ministers: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard and Kevin Rudd.
When Julia Gillard Went to Canberra Nick Bryant 2011
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I mean you cannot tell an Aussie like me who grew up through the Whitlam era and, partly out of national pride, closely followed all of Butler's many appearances in the media in the 1990's, mostly on American PBS, that this was some 'Neocon' 'plot'.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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As I indicated to the House yesterday, our relationship with China started with our early recognition of it by the Whitlam Government.
Question Without Notice - Foreign Minister Stephen Smith 2009
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China in 1972 by the Whitlam Government, together with
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That relationship starts with the decision by the Whitlam government in 1972 to recognise China with a One China policy.
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