The Truth of the Matter
His Powerful Account of the Dismissal
$26.40
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2025
Summary
Fiftieth anniversary edition with a new foreword from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
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.
On Remembrance Day 1975 the Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, sacked Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict, as Wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522881172 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522881173 |
| Author: | Gough Whitlam |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 197mm x 130mm |
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About The Author
Gough Whitlam
Gough Whitlam AC QC was born in Melbourne in 1916 and educated in Sydney and Canberra. A barrister by profession, he entered federal parliament as the Labor MP for Werriwa in 1952. He led the ALP to victory in the 1972 federal election, and his government’s many reforms included ending Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War, abolishing university fees and introducing Medibank, racial discrimination legislation and no-fault divorce. He retired from politics in 1978, but continued to play a significant role in public life until his death in 2014. His other books include The Whitlam Government 1972-1975, Abiding Interests and My Italian Notebook.
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