The Dismissal - 30th Anniversary
November 11, 2005
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Thirty years after The Dismissal, it remained a subject of intense media scrutiny. In the weeks leading up to November 11, 2005, the Australian media devoted considerable space to reminiscences and analyses.
Six new or revised books were published in this period:
- The Truth of the Matter - a third edition of Gough Whitlam's 1979 book was published with a new introduction and appendices which chronicle the history of Senate obstruction of his government and other parliamentary events.
- The Great Crash - originally published in 1979 as "Illusions of Power", Michael Sexton's book remains a definitive analysis of the Dismissal. The new edition contains a new introduction and concluding chapter.
- The Dismissal: Where Were You On November 11, 1975? - edited by Sybil Nolan, this book contains 28 chapters by participants and observers from 1975. They remember where they were on November 11 and discuss the political and social climate of the time.
- a figure of speech: a political memoir - Graham Freudenberg's elegant prose revisits the rise and fall of the Whitlam era. As speechwriter for Labor leaders from Calwell to Carr, Freudenberg's record of his time with Whitlam is invaluable.
- Head of State - Sir David Smith was the Governor-General's official secretary in 1975. His book takes issue with much of the published material on the Dismissal.
- 1975 Australia's Greatest Year - Mark Juddery examines the year he believes is "perhaps the most exciting and significant year in Australia's political and cultural history".
Media Coverage of 30th Anniversary
Dec 01, 2005
Malcolm Fraser Has The Menzies Legacy All Wrong - Letter to the Editor, The Australian
Nov 28, 2005
Gough Call To Beazley - The Australian
Nov 25, 2005
Fascism Puts Left Foot Forward - Andrew Bolt, Herald-Sun
Nov 18, 2005
Tongues In Cheek - Letters To The Editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Nov 17, 2005
Wrongly Quoted & First Among Equals - Letters To The Editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Nov 16, 2005
The Good Old CIA - Letter To The Editor, The Age
It's Time, Once More - Letter To The Editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Nov 15, 2005
Shame, Whitlam, Shame - Tony Parkinson, The Age
Gag This Debate - Letters To The Editor, Canberra Times
Nov 14, 2005
Heavenly Lite, Not The Home Of Titans - Malcolm Farr, Daily Telegraph
Historian Laments The Loss Of '70s Larrikins Who Could Hold Their Own - Sydney Morning Herald
It's All Just Water Off Howard's Back - John Roskam, The Australian
Gough's Hypocritical Claim To Martyrdom - Michael Baume, Financial Review (subscription)
Rage And Opposition - Letters To The Editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Lessons Of The Dismissal - Letters To The Editor, The Age
Letter To The Editor - The Australian
It Was Gough's Time, But John's Got Aplomb - Ian Smith, Adelaide Advertiser
Nov 13, 2005
Labor Must Cast Sentiment Aside - Stephen Loosley, Sunday Telegraph
Abbott's Trio Of Monarchists After His Own Art - The Age
Nov 12, 2005
Governing Oddities - Ann Twomey, The Australian
Lion On Road To Republic - Paul Kelly, The Australian
Constitutional Change Needed To Ensure History Does Not Repeat Itself - Crispin Hull, Canberra Times
Here And There, The Signs Of Tyranny - Alan Ramsey, Sydney Morning Herald
Political Illiteracy - Mungo MacCallum, The Age
Time To Recall 30 Years Later - Advertiser
Dismissal: Where Rage Gives Way To Ridicule - Canberra Times
In Whose Eyes, Chief Minister Stanhope, Are We To Be Deemed Worthy? - Canberra Times
The 1975 Dismissal Reunion - Cartoon, Courier-Mail
Letters To The Editor - The Age
Leading With Hindsight - Letters To The Editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Letter To The Editor - The Australian
Whitlam Might Have Clawed Back - Letters to the Editor, The Australian
Get Over It - Letters To The Editor, Canberra Times
Don't Blame Kerr For The Dismissal, Says Howard - Sydney Morning Herald
History Too Hard On Kerr, Says PM - The Age
No More Rock, But A Hard Place Suits Him - Matt Price, The Australian
Nov 11, 2005
The Dismissal: Australia's Day Of Decision - The Independent
Peter Dutton & Stephen Smith, Friday Night Forum - Lateline, ABC-TV - Video (Windows Media)
Howard Defends Kerr On Dismissal Anniversary - Lateline, ABC-TV - Video (Windows Media)
Lindsay Tanner Says ALP Must Look Forward, Not Back - PM, ABC Radio - Audio
Dismissal Still Contentious 30 Years On - PM, ABC Radio - Audio
How To Remember The Dismissal - Charles Richardson, Crikey.com.au
Dismissal Lessons Not Learnt: Beazley - News.com.au
Dismissal Crisis Could Recur: Beazley - The Age
Labor Veterans Remember The Dismissal - The Age
David Burchell, University of Western Sydney, Comments On The Lessons Learnt Since 1975 - Sky News, 1pm
Beazley Maintains The Rage - The World Today, ABC Radio - Audio
Howard Says Kerr Has Been Vilified - ABC Online Video
Channel 10 News 11.30am - Audio
Channel 9 News 11.00am - Audio
Channel 7 News 10.30am - Audio
Howard Defends Kerr - Audio ABC Radio
ABC Radio News 9.00am - 774 ABC Melbourne
Ex-Senator John Button & Sir David Smith With Bert Newton - Good Morning Australia, Channel 10
Journalists Mungo MacCallum, Michelle Grattan, Laurie Oakes & David Barnett Reminisce - Radio National, Fran Kelly Breakfast
Gerard Henderson Remembers Kerr - Radio National, Fran Kelly Breakfast
ABC Radio News 7.00am - Radio National
Queen's Reign Ends In Ashfield - Daily Telegraph
The Dismissal Remembered, 30 Years On - ABC Online
1975 - A Dimming Legacy - Thornton McCamish, The Age
We Have Bigger Issues Than One Unfair Dismissal - Lindsay Tanner, The Australian
Gordon Scholes: At The Centre Of The Crisis - Geelong Advertiser
Dismissal Nostalgia At Odds With Reality - Editorial, Canberra Times
The Dismissal Shows The Value Of A Safety Valve - Eric Abetz, Canberra Times
Whitlam's Input To The Republican Cause Often Misunderstood - John Warhurst, Canberra Times
Sacking Helped Form A Younger Generation Of Pollies - David Wroe, The Age
Whitlam Turned Focus On To Asia - Garry Woodard, The Age
God's Gift To Culture - Andrew Fraser, The Australian
The Lessons Of History Cannot Be Dismissed - Editorial, The Age
The Dismissal: A Brief History - The Age
It's Time We Got Over Dismissal: Tanner - Matt Price, The Australian
Lingering Memories Of Illegitimacy - Stephen Loosley, The Australian
John Kerr Deserved Better From His Old Labor Comrades - Bill Hayden, The Australian
A Day To Remember - Editorial, The Australian
Resilience Of Our Democracy - Editorial, Adelaide Advertiser
Letters To The Editor - The Australian
Painful Reminder - Letter to the Editor, SMH
It's Time - To Get Over It - Jim Schembri, The Age
Holding Up Well - Strewth, The Australian
Nov 10, 2005
Whitlam And Fraser Talk To Phillip Adams - Late Night Live, Radio National
Fraser Interviewed By Kerry O'Brien - 7.30 Report - ABC-TV
Whitlam Interviewed By Kerry O'Brien - 7.30 Report, ABC-TV
Debate Continues Over Whitlam's Dismissal - Michael Brissenden, 7.30 Report, ABC-TV
Tim Lane and Jon Faine Reflect on the Dismissal - ABC Radio, 774 Melbourne
Believe It: The Dismissal Could Happen Again - Mike Steketee, The Australian
Kerr A Bunyip Potentate Who Should Have Been Arrested: Keating - The Age
Keating Had An Arresting Solution - Courier-Mail
Lockup Answer To Kerr - Herald-Sun
From Maintain The Rage To Obtain The Page - Sydney Morning Herald
Battle Of The Books - Sydney Morning Herald
Letters To The Editor - Sydney Morning Herald
Whitlam Not The Last Of The Big Spenders - Letters To The Editor, Canberra Times
Nov 09, 2005
Dismissal Anniversary Draws Nearer - Lateline, ABC-TV - Audio
Keating Wanted Kerr "Locked Up" - News.com.au
Michael Sexton Book On Dismissal Launched and Audio - PM - ABC Radio
Paul Keating Launches Book On Whitlam Dismissal and Audio - The World Today - ABC Radio
An Antidote To Despair - Graham Freudenberg, New Matilda
The Great Crash, 30 Years On - Michael Sexton, New Matilda
Last Flight Out Of Dili - David Scott, New Matilda
Sting In The Kerr Tale - Laurie Oakes, The Bulletin
No Connection Between The Dismissal And Pine Gap - Peter Edwards, The Australian
Time To Solve Defect In Our Constitutional Democracy - Letters, The Australian
The Anniversary - Moir Cartoon, Sydney Morning Herald
Letters To The Editor - Sydney Morning Herald
It's Time To Forget Myth Of Whitlam - Piers Akerman, Daily Telegraph
Nov 08, 2005
Listen to Elanor McInerney's Interview With Malcolm Farnsworth On Melbourne Community Radio 3CR - Windows Media
Old Antagonists' Mutual Admiration - Phillip Adams, The Australian
Kerr's Nod And Wink - Strewth - The Australian
Blocking Supply Was Whitlam's Demand - David Smith, The Australian
Whitlam: A Former PM Without Peerage - The Age
Letters To The Editor - The Age
Letters To The Editor - Sydney Morning Herald
Letters To The Editor - The Australian
A Decision Difficult For Many To Dismiss - Gerard Henderson, Sydney Morning Herald
Nov 07, 2005
Thirty Years On, Dismissal Foes Find Common Ground - ABC Online
Whitlam Maintains Rage - Sydney Morning Herald
No Regrets Over Whitlam Dismissal: Fraser - AM Transcript, ABC Radio
Listen to Whitlam and Fraser Speaking About The Dismissal - AM, ABC Radio
Reasons To Maintain The Rage - Mungo MacCallum, The Age
Hold Polls Together: Whitlam - The Age
Democracy Fixed In Stone - Herald-Sun
Whitlam Calls For Fixed Polls - Daily Telegraph
Back In Went The Queen, Giving Gough His Best Line - Sydney Morning Herald
Labor Needs To Be The Party Of Ideas (Again) - Michael Sexton, The Australian
All Passion Spent - Editorial, The Australian
Pure Coincidence - Bill Leak Cartoon, The Australia
New-Age Senate Inhibits Dissent And Debate - Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, Advertiser
Nov 06, 2005
Listen to the former Attorney-General in the Whitlam Government, Kep Enderby, discuss the Dismissal - Terry Lane, In the National Interest, Radio National
Listen to Sir Garfield Barwick, former Chief Justice of the High Court arguing that "Sir John Did His Duty" - Terry Lane, 1983 interview, Radio National
Channel 9's Sunday remembers the Dismissal - Audio
Talking Pictures: Peter George & Jack Waterford - Insiders, ABC-TV
Nov 05, 2005
Whitlam Warns Of Another Dismissal - Herald-Sun
It Was Time - Editorial, Herald-Sun
First Rough Drafts Of History Filled With Damnable Errors - David Smith, The Australian
Rage And The Prying Of The Light - Mike Steketee, The Australian
30 Years On, You Can't Separate Them
The Rage That Stopped A Nation - Graham Freudenberg, Sydney Morning Herald
And To Crown It All - David Marr, Sydney Morning Herald
The Things They Would Change - Tony Stephens, Sydney Morning Herald
Whitlam And Fraser Revisit 1975 - Tony Stephens, The Age
The Two Of Us - Michael Gordon, The Age
The Ghost Of Crisis Past - Geoffrey Blainey, The Age
1975: The Year We Turned Political - The Age
'Nothing Will Save The Governor-General' - The Age
Nov 04, 2005
Labor Wordsmith Evokes The Old Party Spirit
Whitlam Speech Among Landmark Addresses
Nov 03, 2005
No Dismissing The Burning Power Of Words In Gough's Day - Mark Day, The Australian
Nov 02, 2005
Sack Race: Laurie Oakes Recalls November 11, 1975 - The Bulletin
The Great Orator: Norman Gunston - The Bulletin
It's The Policies, Stupid - Max Walsh, The Bulletin
Gough: My Part In His Downfall - Tony Wright, The Bulletin
Nov 01, 2005
No Parking Lot - Editorial, The Australian
October 31, 2005
Driver Dismisses Fraser Conspiracy - The Australian
October 30, 2005
PM Stands By Decision That Ended Whitlam
Listen to John Howard Comment on Kerr, the Powers of the Senate and the Possibility of a Repeat of 1975 - Interview with Laurie Oakes, Sunday, (Windows Media)
October 29, 2005
The Middleman Who Caused the 'Blow-Up' of 1975 - The Age
Rallies, Threats and Bluster - The Age
Oct 28, 2005
A Rage That Is Fading - Nick Richardson, Herald-Sun
Oct 22, 2005
Countdown To The Dismissal - Meaghan Shaw, The Age
Oct 15, 2005
Grounds for Dismissal - Mike Steketee, The Australian
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