Inside ex-prime minister’s rundown home: Gough Whitlam’s dilapidated former home is put on the market – featuring an overgrown garden, broken cupboards and stained carpets Home owned by Gough Whitlam during prime ministership has hit the market Whitlam sold the house the year he quit politics and it has fallen into disrepair Property has cracked … Read more
Prince Charles backed plot to oust beleaguered Australian PM Gough Whitlam in 1975, private letters reveal Dismissal of Whitlam’s government plunged Australia into a constitutional crisis Then governor-general Sir John Kerr, the Queen’s representative, dismissed him In March 1976 the 27-year-old prince wrote to express sympathy for Sir John Kerr By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:49 BST, … Read more
The Queen was not told Gough Whitlam was about to be dismissed as Australian Prime Minister to protect her from a constitutional crisis. Governor-General Sir John Kerr sacked the Labor PM on November 11, 1975, after a protracted fight to pass the budget between him and Malcolm Fraser. In the leadup to his decision, Sir … Read more
British bird watchers stranded on South Atlantic Gough Island due to coronavirus finally return home after two-week journey A team of RSPB conservationists had been stranded on the remote Gough Island because of the coronavirus They have finally arrived back in the UK after more than two months overseas and a challenging journey home They … Read more