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Whitlam removed Cairns from Treasury and made him Minister for the environment, before dismissing him from Cabinet. [ 33 ] While the Loans Affair never resulted in an actual loan, [ 59 ] according to author and Whitlam speechwriter Graham Freudenberg, "The only cost involved was the cost to the reputation of the Government.
The Second Whitlam ministry was the 48th ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 21st Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam.The Second Whitlam ministry succeeded the first Whitlam ministry, which dissolved on 19 December 1972 after the final results of the federal election that took place on 2 December became known and the full ministry was able to be sworn in.
The third Whitlam ministry was the 49th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 21st Prime Minister , Gough Whitlam . The third Whitlam ministry succeeded the Second Whitlam ministry , which dissolved on 12 June 1974 following the federal election that took place in May.
First Whitlam Ministry 47th Ministry of Australia The First Whitlam Ministry being sworn in by Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck Date formed 5 December 1972 Date dissolved 19 December 1972 People and organisations Monarch Elizabeth II Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Deputy Prime Minister Lance Barnard No. of ministers 2 Member party Labor Status in legislature ...
Edward Gough Whitlam [a] (11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975.To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was notable for being the head of a reformist and socially progressive government that ended with his controversial dismissal by the then-governor-general of Australia ...
Charles Keith Jones AO (12 September 1917 – 7 August 2003) was an Australian politician and government minister.. He was Minister for Transport (19 December 1972 – 12 June 1974) and Minister for Civil Aviation (19 December 1972 – 30 November 1973) in the Second Whitlam ministry and Minister for Transport (12 June 1974 – 11 November 1975) in the Third Whitlam ministry.
The re-elected Whitlam government's failure again to gain a majority in the Senate led to the 1974 joint sitting, Australia's only joint sitting, pursuant to section 57 of the Constitution. It was approved by the new governor-general Sir John Kerr after the bills were presented to the new parliament and were rejected a third time.
The new Labor Government of Gough Whitlam was eager to make long-planned reforms, although it struggled against a lack of experience in its cabinet and the onset of the 1973 oil crisis and 1973–75 recession.