On Remembrance Day, 1975, the Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, sacked the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict, as Whitlam's reforming Labor government rammed home overdue legislative reforms in the face of implacable, and increasingly bitter, conservative opposition. The focus of the Opposition's scheming was the Senate, where its leaders blocked supply in order to force a political crisis. Whitlam, famous for his 'crash through or crash' style, refused to compromise with his political enemies. Passionate, pithy, learned, witty, and vigorously combative, The Truth of the Matter tells the extraordinary political story of the only Prime Minister of Australia ever deposed from office.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Melbourne University Press
ISBN-13
9780522852165
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95717577
Product Key Features
Author
Whitlam, Gough
Publication Name
Truth of the Matter
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
277 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
139mm
Item Width
213mm
Item Weight
490g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Whitlam, Gough
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia
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