Even back then Whitlam spoke of "buying back the farm", the notion that Australia's resources should be owned by Australians for the benefit of Australians. That was Whitlam's real crime, he wanted to put Australia first, and not kowtow to the foreign opportunists in big business. Just as Trump claims to have an agenda to make America great, Whitlam had an agenda to make Australia great, but without the Trump style hate and bigotry.

From some comments here, its easy to see how some are easily led by lies and misinformation. One suggesting Whitlam was responsible for today's plight of Aboriginal people, when in fact it was Whitlam who initiated real change for our first Australians. Born a dog, always a dog!

Whitlam's legacy is what we've been living through for the past 50 years with & now we have the Woke as well !

Whitlam ran a chaotic government: wages went up 28% in one year; inflation went up to almost 20%. 'Whitlamite' was a term coined by Bob Hawke to describe any suggestions for big government and big spending. Jobs, businesses and savings went down the gurgler.

Australians hated the man, and expressed their feelings at the election following his dismissal. I was 30 years old at the time (not too young to remember) and I can still hear the nasty, sarcastic bastard sneering, "May God save the Queen, because nothing will save the Governor General".

Nothing saved him, either.

Chaos, economic foolishness, stupidity, profligacy and arrogance is what I remember about Whitlam. And, I'm afraid, we are going to see something similar in Comrade Albanese. Whitlam referred to his gang as 'comrades' often, in keeping with his left Fabianism.

ttbn,

Your characteristic fanatical disgust for the "communist" Albanese government would indicate to any reasonable person reading your diatribe on the Whitlam government that it should be taken with a liberal amount of scepticism, as a far right extremist your take lacks credibility.

I can say Whitlam made mistakes, but on balance the positives outweighed the often distorted negatives. Pray tell ttbn, in your opinion when did Australia have a good government, or are you still waiting for the new messiah like you though you had in Corny Banana.

Dear Paul,

Did you watch the "Insiders" this morning?

It certainly has been a tumultuous year - but
look at what the current government has achieved
in the short time it's been in office! And there
will be much more to come. I am so proud of
their successes to date - and I truly believe that
Australians will vote for what matters. A Voice
to Parliament will pass. Because it would be
un-Australian not to pass such a fair request
from our First Nations people.

We have a lot to look forward to in the coming year.
I am pleased that Australians are realizing that it is
time to have laws put in place that cut through
the stubborn scum that we have in our parliament.
Changes need to be implemented to ensure that transparency
and accountability are part and parcel of our democratic
system.

Thanks to the Albanese government this will be done.

it would be
un-Australian not to pass such a fair request
from our First Nations people.
Foxy,
I go along with that however, when that stuff starts hitting that fan, will the requests to put a stop to the inevitable corruption also be un-Australian ?