Australian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (1916–2014)
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He reformed Australia in three years — universal healthcare, free university, the end of conscription and Vietnam — then became the only prime minister in the country's history to be fired by the Queen's representative mid-term.
Edward Gough Whitlam flew as an air navigator in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, then worked as a barrister before entering parliament in 1952 for the division of Werriwa. He rose to deputy leader of the Labor Party in 1960 and took the top job in 1967 after Arthur Calwell retired, narrowly losing to John Gorton in 1969 before finally winning in 1972 and ending 23 years of Coalition rule. His government moved fast: it terminated conscription, pulled Australia out of Vietnam, instituted universal health care and free university education, and launched legal aid programs, all…
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Let me make quite clear that I am for abortion and, in your case sir, we should make it retrospective.
I was profoundly embarrassed by it and did all I could to change it.
The Country Party never forgave him for saying that their members sat on the fence with both ears to the ground.
If I begin my book with a review of the coup, it is only to show that my abiding interests for Australia did not end with it. They shall end only with a long and fortunate life.
He reveals that he has been a poor politician, a bad judge and a malevolent individual.
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