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Tony Whitlam: Gough was ‘pissed off’ by Dismissal slur

Andrew Clark
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Gough Whitlam was “pissed off that the whole of his government would be judged” over its sensational November 11, 1975, sacking by governor-general Sir John Kerr, his son, Tony Whitlam, has revealed.

A former Federal Court judge and Labor MP, Tony Whitlam said his father “was conscious” of the Dismissal “having been a singular constitutional event” but he “never harped on about it” in conversations with family members.

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Andrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au

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