Whitlam government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party.
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31 Facts About Whitlam government
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The government commenced when Labor defeated the McMahon Government at the 1972 federal election, ending a record 23 years of continuous Coalition government.
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Whitlam government was highly controversial during its short tenure but achieved some major reforms.
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Gough Whitlam government became deputy leader of the Labor Party in 1960, and Arthur Calwell subsequently retired as leader in 1967 following Labor's poor result in the 1966 election.
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Whitlam government was elected party leader in April 1967, with Lance Barnard as deputy leader.
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Whitlam government took office with a majority in the House of Representatives, but without control of the Senate.
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Whitlam government founded the Department of Urban Development and, having lived in developing Cabramatta when it was largely unsewered, set a goal to leave no urban home unsewered.
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New Whitlam government gave grants directly to local Whitlam government units for urban renewal, flood prevention, and the promotion of tourism.
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The Whitlam government created a new city at Albury-Wodonga on the New South Wales-Victoria border.
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Whitlam government's government created the Aboriginal Land Fund to help Indigenous groups buy back privately owned lands.
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Whitlam government travelled extensively as prime minister, and was the first Australian prime minister to visit China while in office.
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The Whitlam government had numerous problems and issues in relations with the states.
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Possible control of the Senate was therefore at stake; Whitlam government agreed to Gair's request and had the Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck appoint him Ambassador to Ireland.
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Whitlam government gave little help to his embattled deputy, who had formed the other half of the duumvirate.
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Whitlam government announced additional spending to help the private sector.
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Whitlam government appointed Senator Murphy to the High Court, even though Murphy's Senate seat would not be up for election if a half-Senate election were held.
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In September 1974, Whitlam government met with Indonesian President, Suharto, in Indonesia and indicated that he would support Indonesia if it annexed East Timor.
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Whitlam government says that he forcefully told Indonesian President Suharto that the East Timorese were entitled to decide the colony's fate through self-determination.
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Whitlam government had offered Barnard a diplomatic post; in early 1975 Barnard agreed to this, triggering the 1975 Bass by-election in his Tasmanian electorate.
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The next week, Whitlam government fired Barnard's successor as deputy prime minister, Cairns, who had misled Parliament regarding the Loans Affair amid innuendo about his relationship with his office manager, Junie Morosi.
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Whitlam government argued that, because of the manner of filling vacancies, the Senate was "corrupted" and "tainted", with the Opposition enjoying a majority they did not win at the ballot box.
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Whitlam government removed Cairns from Treasury and made him Minister for the environment, before dismissing him from Cabinet.
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Whitlam government rejected the idea, seeking to end the Senate's right to deny supply.
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Whitlam government rejected this offer, stating that he had no intention of advising a House election for at least a year.
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Whitlam government conferred with High Court Chief Justice Sir Garfield Barwick, who agreed that he had the power to dismiss Whitlam.
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Kerr and Whitlam government met at the Governor-General's office that afternoon at 1.
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Unknown to Whitlam government, Fraser was waiting in an ante-room; Whitlam government later stated that he would not have set foot in the building if he had known Fraser was there.
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Immediately after his meeting with Whitlam government, Kerr commissioned Fraser as caretaker prime minister, on the assurance he could obtain supply and would then advise Kerr to dissolve both houses for election.
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Whitlam government promptly suffered a series of defeats in the House, which instructed the Speaker, Gordon Scholes, to advise Kerr to reinstate Whitlam.
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Former Prime Minister Whitlam government, who had been standing behind Smith, then addressed the crowd:.
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