Gough Whitlam was Australia’s 21st Prime Minister, serving from December 5, 1972 until November 11, 1975.
Whitlam led the first Labor government in 23 years. He was re-elected in 1974 and became the first Labor prime minister to win consecutive terms in office.
He is the only prime minister to have been dismissed from office by the Governor-General. The constitutional crisis that culminated in The Dismissal remains one of the most tumultuous and consequential events in Australian political history.
Archived Posts
- Sep 10, 2019: Graham Freudenberg Tribute – Anthony Albanese
- Sep 05, 2017: Doug Everingham Condolences
- Sep 04, 2017: Doug Everingham Condolences: House Remembers Whitlam Minister
- Apr 01, 2017: Who’s Left – The Surviving Members Of Every House Of Representatives Since 1949
- Dec 10, 2016: Malcolm Turnbull Becomes Australia’s 22nd Longest-Serving Prime Minister
- Dec 08, 2016: Success And Failure: The ALP’s Results In Federal Elections Since 1910
- May 31, 2016: Labor’s Foreign Policy: Tanya Plibersek Speech To Lowy Institute
- Nov 06, 2015: Barry Jones: Whitlam’s Vision Of Social Democracy – Parliament And Party
- Aug 06, 2014: 40th Anniversary Of The 1974 Joint Sitting Of Parliament
- Jul 11, 2014: Gough Whitlam At 98; John Faulkner On A Life Of Endurance, Longevity, Resilience And Extraordinary Contribution
- Nov 13, 2013: Noel Pearson’s Whitlam Oration: In Honour Of The Old Man
- Oct 10, 2013: Gough Whitlam Votes In ALP Leadership Ballot
- Jun 03, 2013: Woof Woof!
- May 27, 2013: The Power And The Passion – A Personal View
- Feb 25, 2013: A.L.P. Federal Election Results Since 1910
- Dec 03, 2012: Anniversaries Galore In The First Week Of December
- Nov 17, 2012: Top 10 Great Labor Speeches
- Nov 13, 2012: John Faulkner Remembers Whitlam’s 1972 “It’s Time” Policy Speech
- Aug 28, 2012: Kevin Rudd Launches Whitlam Biography
- Jun 06, 2012: Malcolm Fraser’s Whitlam Oration
- Jun 01, 2012: Gillard Speech To Whitlam Institute; $7m Building Grant
- May 18, 2012: Remember When A Labor Government Could Win Re-Election?
- Apr 01, 2012: Lionel Bowen, Whitlam Minister, Deputy PM To Hawke, Dies At 89
- Mar 23, 2012: The Death Of Margaret Whitlam
- Mar 17, 2012: Margaret Whitlam: 1919-2012
- Mar 17, 2012: Margaret Whitlam Dies, 92
- Jul 11, 2011: We Want Gough!
- Apr 28, 2007: Gough and Margaret Whitlam Awarded ALP Life Membership
- Dec 31, 2005: 1975 Cabinet Papers Released
- Jul 27, 2004: The 1974 Joint Sitting Of Parliament
- Jul 11, 2002: Whitlam, Birthday Boy, Proposes Major ALP Reforms
- Dec 05, 2001: The Opposition Leader As A Factor Influencing Voting Behaviour
- Jun 07, 1995: Gough Whitlam On A Republic And Blocking Supply
- Dec 10, 1977: Whitlam Steps Down As ALP Leader
- Nov 17, 1977: Gough Whitlam Policy Speech: 1977 Federal Election
- Nov 01, 1977: Sir John Kerr Drunk At The Melbourne Cup
- Sep 10, 1976: The Death Of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
- Feb 27, 1976: Richard Carleton: Politics In The Wake Of The Dismissal
- Dec 13, 1975: 1975 Federal Election: The Count And Leaders’ Speeches
- Dec 11, 1975: 1975 Federal Election: Audio Clips From The Campaign
- Dec 01, 1975: “Australian Labor Prison” – Liberal Party 1975 Election Leaflet
- Nov 24, 1975: Gough Whitlam’s 1975 Election Policy Speech
- Nov 12, 1975: Il Dismissale: Max Gillies On The Dismissal
- Nov 11, 1975: The 1975 Constitutional Crisis: Audio Clips
- Jul 09, 1975: Special One-Day Sitting: Overseas Loans Affair
- May 29, 1974: Snedden Acknowledges Whitlam Victory But Won’t Concede He Lost
- May 19, 1974: The Day After The 1974 Election: Media Reports
- May 18, 1974: ABC Election Count: 1974 Federal Election
- May 13, 1974: Michael Pate Advertisement For The ALP: 1974 Federal Election
- May 01, 1974: Richard Carleton Interviews Whitlam And Snedden On This Day Tonight
- May 01, 1974: Snedden Questioned On Financial Issues; Whitlam Questions His Grasp Of Economics
- Apr 29, 1974: Gough Whitlam’s 1974 Election Policy Speech
- Apr 11, 1974: Sir Paul Hasluck’s 1974 Proclamation Dissolving Parliament
- Feb 19, 1974: Whitlam Talks Superphosphate In Lardner
- Dec 14, 1973: TDT Reviews 1973; Smacka Fitzgibbon Sings The Adventures Of Edward Gough Whitlam
- Feb 28, 1973: Whitlam Government Increases Pensions, Unemployment And Sickness Benefits
- Feb 28, 1973: Bill To Lower Voting Age To 18: Fred Daly Second Reading Speech
- Feb 27, 1973: Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck Opens The 28th Parliament
- Dec 19, 1972: The Second Whitlam Ministry – December 19, 1972
- Dec 05, 1972: The First Whitlam Ministry: December 5-19, 1972
- Nov 29, 1972: Snedden, McMahon, Whitlam And Gair On The Campaign Trail
- Nov 13, 1972: It’s Time: Gough Whitlam’s 1972 Election Policy Speech
- Aug 01, 1972: A Political Speech From David Frost
- Mar 19, 1953: Gough Whitlam (ALP-Werriwa) – Maiden Speech
Whitlam Dismissal
- Jul 11, 2014: Gough Whitlam At 98; John Faulkner On A Life Of Endurance, Longevity, Resilience And Extraordinary Contribution
- May 23, 2014: Busting The Budget: Greens MP Condones Blocking Of Appropriation Bills By Senate
- Mar 02, 2013: Peter Harvey, Channel 9 Journalist, Dies, 68
- Feb 23, 2013: Gareth Evans Maintains The Rage
- Dec 13, 2012: Today’s Electoral Anniversaries: Hughes And Fraser
- Nov 13, 2012: John Faulkner Remembers Whitlam’s 1972 “It’s Time” Policy Speech
- Aug 28, 2012: Kevin Rudd Launches Whitlam Biography
- Dec 09, 2011: Sir Zelman Cowen, Governor-General After Kerr, Dies, 92
- Nov 02, 2010: Politics at the Melbourne Cup
- Jun 03, 2010: Petro Georgiou: Valedictory Speech
- Apr 28, 2007: Gough and Margaret Whitlam Awarded ALP Life Membership
- Dec 31, 2005: 1975 Cabinet Papers Released
- Aug 25, 2003: Mal Colston, Venal Politician, Labor Rat, Dead At 65
- Nov 03, 1999: Howard Defends Sir John Kerr
- Nov 03, 1999: John Howard’s 2UE Radio Interview with John Laws
- Nov 01, 1999: Whitlam and Fraser, Old Foes, Unite For “YES” Vote
- Jun 07, 1995: Gough Whitlam On A Republic And Blocking Supply
- Apr 09, 1991: Keating And Hewson Exchange Words Over Death Of Kerr
- Nov 01, 1977: Sir John Kerr Drunk At The Melbourne Cup
- Aug 01, 1977: Sir John Kerr Booed By Crowd In South Australia
- Sep 15, 1976: Sir John Kerr Speech Extract
- Feb 27, 1976: Richard Carleton: Politics In The Wake Of The Dismissal
- Dec 13, 1975: 1975 Federal Election: The Count And Leaders’ Speeches
- Dec 11, 1975: 1975 Federal Election: Audio Clips From The Campaign
- Dec 01, 1975: “Australian Labor Prison” – Liberal Party 1975 Election Leaflet
- Nov 24, 1975: Gough Whitlam’s 1975 Election Policy Speech
- Nov 12, 1975: Il Dismissale: Max Gillies On The Dismissal
- Nov 11, 1975: The 1975 Constitutional Crisis: Audio Clips
- Apr 29, 1974: Gough Whitlam’s 1974 Election Policy Speech
- Feb 27, 1973: Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck Opens The 28th Parliament
