Niki Savva and David Solomon on The Dismissal
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Tuesday November 11 will be the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam government by the then Governor-General Sir John Kerr. It was a dramatic day in our federal political history, with Malcolm Fraser appointed prime minister. Fraser then led the Coalition to a landslide victory in the subsequent election.
The debate about – and...
