What would Whitlam do? Fifty years on from the dismissal, his values could still guide Australian politics | Peter Lewis

Albanese would do well to look to Gough as he navigates one of the biggest technological challenges since the 1970s

I’m too young to have been an eyewitness to the dismissal, but the memory of Dad coming home from Trades Hall pissed off and two parts shot and telling nine-year-old me to watch the telly because “this is important” was my introduction to politics.

In the lead-up to Tuesday’s 50th anniversary of our bloodless coup, I’ve been immersing myself in footage from that day, reflecting on what the great man would have made of the current government that carries his flame.

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