Gough Whitlam Office Dismissal

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    In Office

    Whitlam was in Prime Minister of Australia during these dates

  • Oil crisis

  • Double Dissolution

    In order to stop the senate blocking supply bills, Whitlam called a double dissolution and the government was returned.

  • High Inflation

    By 1975 inflation was 17% but had been only 2-3% previously

  • Lionel Murphy appointment

    Attorney General Lionel Murphy was appointed High Court judge and it appeared as just a 'job for the boys'

  • Loans Affair

    Minister Rex Connor lied to parliament regarding loans from mysterious Pakistani investor and was forced to resign.

  • Lost control of the senate

    Labour lost control of the senate when one of their members died.

  • Going in the Red

    Government spending was high and the country was going into debt.

  • Love affairs

    Treasurer Jim Cairns and and Juni Morosi involved in alleged affair and he was forced to resign over misleading government

  • Labour Conference scandal

    The media published photos from a conference which showed politicians not exactly focused on their work and put forward the image of a unreliable government

  • Blue Poles

    The government spent millions of dollars on a Jason Pallock painting Blue Poles which enraged Aussie battlers.

  • High unemployment rates

    Unemployment rates reach 5% compared to the 2% held since the war
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    High unemployment rates

    Unemployment rates reached 5% by the end of 1975, compared to the low 2% that had held since the war

  • Senate won't pass bills.

    Senate blocks money bills

  • Fraser's offer, Whitlam's refusal

    Fraser offers to pass supply bills if Whitlam calls an election but he refuses.

  • Dismissal

    Govener General dismisses Whitlam as PM and instates Fraser as temporary caretaker until the double dissolution election on the 13th December when Liberals won by a massive majority anyway.