Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s visit to Lardner, in Gippsland, saw some heated exchanges with farmers over the abolition of the superphosphate bounty.
This is the audio of the ABC-TV news that evening.
It includes Whitlam’s riposte to the crowd: “I will not have you booing the Country Party in Drouin or Lardner.”
- Feb 19, 1974: Listen to Whitlam in Lardner
