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These “free” goodies, paid for by taxpayers, helped kick off our welfare culture, and later governments of both sides, alarmed by their cost, have tried to wind back Whitlam’s signature schemes.

Gough Whitlam, Australia's 21st prime minister, has been lauded at a memorial service in Sydney as a giant of politics and a man who devoted his talents to public service. Sydney's Town Hall and ...

Gough Whitlam, whose 1972 election as Australia’s prime minister ushered in some of the most sweeping policy and social reforms in the country’s history before his dramatic and controversial ...

No one who lived through the Whitlam era will ever forget it – and perhaps nobody born after it can ever really imagine it. I have often thought it fitting that Gough Whitlam was Australia's ...

The Queen was not informed in advance about the 1975 dismissal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, newly released letters show. Whitlam's government was removed by the Queen's ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 1921: The Whitlam family moved to Sydney where young Gough attended Knox Grammar. Gough Whitlam, right, with his father, Fred ...

Gough Whitlam, who has died aged 98, was prime minister of Australia for three frantic years until he was sacked without warning by Sir John Kerr, the governor-general, just before lunch on ...

Former prime minister Gough Whitlam died overnight, aged 98, leaving a long legacy. His achievements as a leader included abolishing conscription to creating Medibank, establishing Aboriginal land ...

Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was active in Australian life for many years after he left politics. “Our father, Gough Whitlam, has died this morning at the age of 98,” the statement read.

Director, Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association; Adjunct Lecturer, University of Sydney Richard Holden is an ARC Future Fellow. Anne-marie ...