Gough Whitlam had just died, and on the ABC TV program The Drum John Hewson and Craig Emerson were offering us their thoughts. During his time as leader of the Liberal Party 20 years ago, Hewson was a ...

Spanning from 1974 to 1977, the correspondence offers insight into an array of subjects including, critically, Kerr’s dismissal of the Whitlam government in November 1975. The move was prompted ...

Former chairman of the Ethnic Affairs Commission of NSW and Labor sympathizer, Paolo Totaro, remembers former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who died this morning at the age of 98.

Gough Whitlam's abolition of university fees in 1974 cemented him as a Labor folk hero and the policy remained in place until 1989 when Labor established HECS, meaning students would pay tuition ...