It is with sadness I post a note to the passing of one of Australia's great political leaders, Edward Gough Whitlam AC, QC. Regardless of ones political persuasion, love him or hate him, Gough could never be ignored. R.I.P Edward Gough Whitlam

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/former-prime-minister-gough-whitlam-dead-at-98-20141021-1192t2.html

Hear Hear.
Gough made some very necessary and worthwhile reforms, even if his government was just as inclined to rush and mismanage things as the last Labor gov.
The Labor movement used to be about pushing necessary progressive reforms, even when not in government, rather than sacrificing ideals for the sake of power.
What happened?
The greatest defeat is becoming the enemy.

Vale Gough Whitlam.

Malcolm Fraser tweeted this article this morning:

("Malcolm Fraser @MalcolmFraser12 1h1 hour ago

Gough Whitlam dead: Martyr for a moment, hero for a lifetime")

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/obituaries/gough-whitlam-dead-martyr-for-a-moment-hero-for-a-lifetime-20141021-11931j.html

Of course the political correctness of the radical feminism that Gough was instrumental in promoting through allowing it victim status would not have allowed him to make some of his changes it it was in its hey day when he came to power.

For instance, Gough's initiative in restoring the scrotum on the roo on the Australian coat of arms, and for good measure insisting that the male roo have the red chest flush of a Red in its mating season (colour coat of arms). It would be construed as an unimaginable 'insult'(sic) to womyn if Gough was to do that today.

Perhaps it might not even be a roo, when the multicult political correctness wielded its big stick as well as the radical feminists of the previous Millenium. Done under a Galah'd (you know, the bottle redhead with the $2Million bungalow) government with her Handbag Hit Squad and Minister-for-Every-Victim-Possible, a doe-eyed camel would be putting its best toe forward for the job. A camel on the Aussie Coat of Arms, tres 'Progressive'! (sic)

Of course Gough couldn't have turned the emu's head (again on the Coat of Arms) from looking far left to centre either. That would never have done. What would the prevailing PC of the feminist-Progressive alliance have had instead? Maybe a gaggle of boat arrivals, with 'their' Centrelink sign arising from over the horizon.

Bye, Gough.

Gough allowed my brother to go to University in the early 80's for free, when there is no other way my mother could have afforded to send him.
He is now a very successful electronic engineer.

Rest in peace Gough.

Come on fellers, the man was a walking catastrophe, all good intentions, & stupid policies.

The things I remember Whitlam for are.

Destroying the lives of tens of thousands of aboriginals by his labour law reforms.

Destroying the people of PNG by giving them independence about 30 years before they were ready for it.

Setting in train our ridiculous higher education system, so we could graduate thousands of useless each year.

He was about as useful as tits on a bull. Like Rudd, rushing in with policies he was too dumb to evaluate well enough to see the obvious disastrous result.

There are many more losers, who are still paying, than winners from his short time in the lodge, & I see no reason to say otherwise, just because he has gone.