Tag: Australian constitutional crisis
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Paul Keating Says Sir John Kerr Should Have Been Arrested During the Whitlam Crisis
Introduction: A Stinging Perspective on a Cold War-era Crisis Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has reignited debate over the 1975 constitutional crisis by saying that Sir John Kerr, then governor-general, should have been arrested amid the turmoil that led to the removal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Keating’s comments, made in the context of…
