Malcolm Fraser
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The deepening mystery of a Peter Dutton apology
Calls by the opposition leader to halt arrivals from Gaza have fuelled doubts over whether he ever apologised for earlier comments about Muslim immigration.
- by Patrick Begley
How November 11, 1975, sparked a siege that imprisoned a prime minister
After governor-general John Kerr dismissed the Whitlam government, new prime minister Malcolm Fraser became the target of students activists at Monash University.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Political leadership
Australians are too modest, our nation is much greater than America
Patriotism is irksome, but that’s no reason to shy away from acknowledging our country’s achievements, and its one great flaw.
- by Gary Newman
Opinion
Voice to parliament
My grandfather Malcolm Fraser would have found ‘If you don’t know, vote No’ abhorrent
If Australia returns a majority No vote, we will wake up on October 15 with no plan to improve Indigenous people’s lives. My grandfather would have implored us to consider the consequences of choosing to do nothing.
- by Samantha Marshall
Opinion
Voice to parliament
A fishing trip with a new PM says so much about why a Voice to parliament is needed
The barramundi were of more interest than issues of crucial importance to the people of Arnhem Land.
- by Megan Davis
‘Profound and personal’: A witness to political trauma and farce
Whether it was with drunk, missing or newly coined prime ministers, Tony Eggleton, who died on Saturday, played a role in three key moments of Australian political history.
- by Niki Savva
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Liberal Party
Liberals mourn ‘champion’ federal director Tony Eggleton
A key figure in the party over four decades, Eggleton was thrust into the national spotlight upon the disappearance of Harold Holt in 1967.
- by David Crowe
From the Archives, 1983: Stripped of power, Fraser bows out
In 1983, after losing the federal election to Bob Hawke just weeks earlier, Malcolm Fraser announced his resignation from parliament.
- by Michelle Grattan
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Donald Bradman
‘Dear Mr Fraser’: Don Bradman’s extraordinary letter to new PM
Sir Donald Bradman personally intervened at the most explosive juncture of Australian political history, writing to Malcolm Fraser two days after the 1975 “dismissal”.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Performing arts
What’s the song and dance about The Dismissal?
A new musical comedy about former prime minister Gough Whitlam’s 1975 dismissal will premiere in Sydney in 2023.
- by Lenny Ann Low
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