The man who (imo) was the catalyst for modern Australia.
Listen to Paul Kelly ~ "From Little Things Big Things Grow"
Listen to Paul Kelly ~ "From Little Things Big Things Grow"
RIP Gough Whitlam
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He did so much for Australia--health care and education for all; equal pay for women; arts funding; withdrawing troops from Vietnam. A visionary with a big heart and a great mind.
His government also laid sewer pipes to the Western suburbs of Sydney.
Really? ha ha, I didn't know that.
He probably does - Gough seriously did make connection of western Sydney homes to the sewerage system a priority.He doesn't mean what you think
But apart from universal healthcare, no-fault divorce, indigenous land rights, free tertiary education, establishing diplomatic relations with China, introducing the Order of Australia, establishing legal aid, outlawing racial discrimination, abolishing the death penalty, changing the national anthem, abolishing conscription, standardising the railway gauges, extending sewerage in western Sydney, and granting PNG independence, what did Gough Whitlam ever achieve for Australia in his whole three years in office?
What have the Romans ever done for us?
What have the Romans ever done for us?
He probably does - Gough seriously did make connection of western Sydney homes to the sewerage system a priority.
My bad...thought it was an obtuse reference.
Did he pull Australia out of Vietnam?
What ..... and all this in 3 years I believe, quite an achievement
He never spoke to John Kerr after the sacking, however surprising that Fraser became one of his good friends, they had a great deal in common.
MTR
Our boss's name was John Kerr. When Whitlam would ring and our boss's name was mentioned, he once said: 'I thought I got rid of that b*****d.'
And he actually did make sure that western Sydney got sewage facilities. He had lived in western Sydney.
Western sydney and large tracts of Melbourne were connected to sewerage in the 70's. Imagine, using a thunder box in Australia's largest city....
He introdudced the order of Australia, which took the place of dames and knights.
Funny how things change and stay the same....
Australia had already pulled out of vietnam by the time he was elected however.
He introdudced the order of Australia, which took the place of dames and knights.
Funny how things change and stay the same....
Australia had already pulled out of vietnam by the time he was elected however.
That so many of his former political enemies have spoken so highly of him is testament to his greatness.
RIP Gough.
RIP Gough.
