1. The Constitutional Crisis
The astute, confident, well-educated orator, Edward Gough Whitlam was the leader of the Labor Party since 1967 and was elected as the Prime Minister of Australia on the 5th of December, 1972. ... As a result the equilibrium of the numbers of Liberal and Labor supporters in July of 1975 were unbalanced, where the Liberals had more. ... During 11th November 1975, Fraser informed Kerr that if the Whitlam government was dismissed and he was appointed the Caretaker Prime Minister afterwards, he can guarantee the passing of the supply Bills so that the country may run as default again. ... On 1:30 p...
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