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The Dismissal

The Dismissal

Legal Advice and Political Bias in the Dismissal

  • John de Meyrick
  • 1st May 2013
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J.B. Paul’s two-part article on “The Downfall of Gough Whitlam” (Quadrant, March and April 2013), in response to Jenny Hocking’s recently published book, Gough Whitlam: His Time, offers yet another discourse on the players and events involved in this tumultuous and intriguing saga in the history of Australian federal politics. It seems that the sport of […]

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The Dismissal

Labor’s Selective Constitutional Conventions

  • David Smith
  • 1st May 2013
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On February 23 the Australian National University hosted a seminar titled “Visions and Values of Australia’s Governors-General”. The seminar was opened by the university’s Chancellor, Professor Gareth Evans. No doubt the organisers had hoped for a scholarly contribution from a distinguished professor. Instead, what they got was a polemical diatribe against a governor-general who had […]

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