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Labor
Gough Whitlam
Prime Minister
Parliament: 23 years
Leader since: 1967
Division: Werriwa Federal elections were held in Australia on May 18, 1974. ...
Legislative elections were held in Australia on December 10, 1977. ...
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Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The Division of Werriwa is a Federal Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives. ...
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Liberal
Malcolm Fraser
Opposition leader
Parliament: 20 years
Leader since: 1975
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The Division of Wannon is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. ...
| Federal elections were held in Australia on December 13, 1975. All 127 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 64 seats in the Senate were up for election, due to the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government by Governor-General Sir John Kerr, on November 11, 1975. The incumbent Australian Labor Party, in power since 1972 under Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam, was defeated by the opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Malcolm Fraser with coalition partner the National Country Party led by Doug Anthony. December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
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Michael Jeffery, the current Governor-General of Australia The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom. ...
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November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...
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Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...
This article is about the former Prime Minister of Australia; for the Western Australian public servant, see Malcolm Fraser (surveyor). ...
The Coalition in Australian politics refers to the grouping of two political parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922, with only brief breaks (e. ...
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party, originally called the Country Party, adopting the name of National Country Party in 1975 and adopting its present name in 1982. ...
Rt Hon Doug Anthony John Douglas Anthony, AC, CH (born 31 December 1929), Australian politician, was born in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. ...
House of Reps — 1975-77 — Turnout 95.39% — Informal 1.89% | | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | | | Australian Labor Party | 3,313,004 | 42.84 | -6.46 | 36 | -30 | | | Liberal Party of Australia | 3,232,159 | 41.80 | +6.85 | 68 | +28 | | | National Country Party | 869,919 | 11.25 | +1.29 | 23 | +2 | | | Democratic Labor Party | 101,750 | 1.32 | -0.10 | 0 | 0 | | | Australia Party | 33,630 | 0.43 | -1.89 | 0 | 0 | | | Other | 182,116 | 2.36 | | 0 | 0 | | | Total | 7,732,578 | | | 127 | | | | LPA/NAT coalition | WIN | 55.70 | +7.40 | 91 | +30 | | | Australian Labor Party | | 44.30 | -7.40 | 36 | -30 | Senate — 1975-77 — Turnout 95.39% — Informal 9.10% | | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | | | Australian Labor Party | 2,931,310 | 40.91 | -6.38 | 27 | 27 | | | Liberal/National (Joint Ticket) | 2,855,721 | 39.86 | * | 17 | | | | Liberal Party of Australia | 793,772 | 11.08 | +3.26 | 16 | 26 | | | Democratic Labor Party | 191,049 | 2.67 | -0.89 | 0 | 0 | | | Liberal Movement | 76,426 | 1.07 | +0.11 | 1 | 1 | | | National Country Party | 38,366 | 0.54 | * | 1 | 8 | | | Country Liberal Party | 15,519 | 0.22 | -0.01 | 1 | 1 | | | Independents | 114,310 | 1.60 | -0.24 | 1 | 1 | | | Other | 148,240 | 2.07 | | 0 | 0 | | | Total | 7,164,713 | | | 64 | 64 | The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party, originally called the Country Party, adopting the name of National Country Party in 1975 and adopting its present name in 1982. ...
B. A. Santamaria This article is about the Democratic Labor Party of 1955-78. ...
The Australia Party was the name minor political party in Australia (not to be confused with the Australian Party, which was set up by Billy Hughes in 1930). ...
The Coalition in Australian politics refers to the grouping of two political parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922, with only brief breaks (e. ...
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...
B. A. Santamaria This article is about the Democratic Labor Party of 1955-78. ...
The Liberal Movement was a minor Australian political party that flourished in the 1970s. ...
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party, originally called the Country Party, adopting the name of National Country Party in 1975 and adopting its present name in 1982. ...
In Australian politics, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) is the Northern Territory equivalent to the Liberal and National parties - the Country part of the partys name is a relic of when the National Party was called the Country Party. ...
Whitlam's reforms Whitlam had reformed the Australian Labor Party, both structurally and in terms of its policies. He entered government with a major program that he was determined to see implemented, with the ALP last having been in power in 1949 when the Liberal Party of Australia was founded. Whitlam's massive reform agenda saw many changes occur in a little under three years. Billy Snedden had remained Liberal leader after losing the 1974 double dissolution election, and after an initial failed attempt, was swept aside in a party coup, replaced by Malcolm Fraser in March 1975. Pressure was stepped up by the Liberals. Bills leading to the double dissolution were as follows: Rt Hon Billy Snedden Sir Billy Mackie Snedden (31 December 1926 _ 27 June 1987), Australian Liberal politician, was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of a stonemason. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on May 18, 1974. ...
This article is about the former Prime Minister of Australia; for the Western Australian public servant, see Malcolm Fraser (surveyor). ...
Medibank - Institute a universal, free health insurance system to be known as Medibank.
Medicare, originally called Medibank, was introduced by the Whitlam Government on 1 July 1975, at the commencement of the Health Insurance Act 1973. The introduction of Medicare was fraught - the Senate rejected the changes multiple times and they were passed only after a joint sitting after the 1974 double dissolution election. Medicare is Australias publicly-funded, universal health scheme, providing affordable treatment by doctors and in public hospitals for all citizens and permanent residents (as well as visitors from countries which have reciprocal arrangements with Australia). ...
Medicare is Australias publicly-funded, universal health scheme, providing affordable treatment by doctors and in public hospitals for all citizens and permanent residents except for those on Norfolk Island. ...
Despite this hostile response to its introduction, Medibank/Medicare was supported by subsequent governments and has become a key feature of Australia’s public policy landscape. The exact structure of Medicare, in terms of the size of the rebate to doctors and hospitals and the way it has administered, has varied over the years. Although considerable changes were enacted after the Whitlam government lost power, the Fraser Government reviewed Medibank and decided to retain it despite the Liberal Party’s previous opposition. In October 1976 the parliament introduced a ‘Medicare levy’ to help fund the program, a measure the Liberal party had previously refused to support under the Whitlam government. This article is about the former Prime Minister of Australia; for the Western Australian public servant, see Malcolm Fraser (surveyor). ...
1 October, 1976 also saw the introduction of Medibank Private, a complementary government-owned private health insurance fund that provides cover for health treatment not covered by the universal scheme (which was then referred to as 'Medibank Public'). Medibank Private competes with all other private health funds on a commercial basis. On 26 April 2006, the government announced it would be selling Medibank Private. It said there was a conflict of interest in being both the regulator of the whole private health insurance industry and the owner of its largest single competitor. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ...
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The title ‘Medicare’ was introduced in 1984 by the Hawke Government. The Hawke Government reversed many of the Fraser Government’s changes, and this change in title also reflects the introduction of what can be considered the current Medicare system. Robert James Lee Bob Hawke AC (born 9 December 1929) is a former Australian trade union leader turned politician who became the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. ...
Territory Senate representation This was also introduced in time for the 1975 federal elections. The Country Liberal Party which joined the coalition, founded in 1974 when territories obtained self-government, contested the NT elections as well as the Liberal Party in the ACT elections, with Labor running in both. Both territories elected a coalition and Labor candidate each. [1] Capital Canberra Government Const. ...
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In Australian politics, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) is the Northern Territory equivalent to the Liberal and National parties - the Country part of the partys name is a relic of when the National Party was called the Country Party. ...
Electoral reform The 1984 federal election saw the introduction of the Hawke Government's election reforms of 1983 which saw 24 seats added to the House of Representatives and 12 to the Senate as well as the introduction of Group Ticket Voting for the Senate. In Australia, one vote one value is a legislative principle of democracy whereby each electorate has the same population within a specified percentage of tolerance. ...
Legislative elections were held in Australia on December 1, 1984. ...
Robert James Lee Bob Hawke AC (born 9 December 1929) is a former Australian trade union leader turned politician who became the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. ...
Group voting tickets are a way to simplify the voting in a single transferable vote election. ...
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Double dissolution -
Governor General Sir John Kerr dismissed the Whitlam Labor government after a constitutional confrontation that followed the refusal by the Opposition Liberal and National Country Parties in the Senate to pass the annual budget, due to strident opposition to the six bills that were to introduce the above reforms. The secretary of the Governor-General, David Smith, announcing the dissolution of Parliament on November 11th, 1975. ...
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The Liberals defended their action in blocking supply by arguing that Whitlam himself had openly flouted conventions. The 'Loans Affair' (among other issues), in their opinion, justified their use of any legal means, however unconventional, to force what they saw as a reckless and incompetent government out of office. Less justifiably, they pointed to polls that indicated that they would probably win an election if one were held at that time. Loss of Supply occurs where a government in a parliamentary democracy is denied a supply of treasury or exchequer funds, by whichever house or houses of parliament or head of state is constitutionally entitled to grant and deny supply. ...
The Loans Affair (also called the Khemlani Affair) is the name given to the political scandal involving the Whitlam Government of Australia in 1975, in which it was accused of attempting to illegally borrow money from Middle Eastern countries by bypassing standard procedure as dictated by the Australian Treasury. ...
On 11 November 1975, Governor General John Kerr in accordance with Section 64 exercised his power and revoked Whitlam's commission and installed Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister, with instructions to make no policy changes, no appointments, no dismissals and call an immediate federal election. In a double irony, the Labor Senators were not advised of Whitlam's dismissal and at 2.15pm the Supply Bills were brought on and immediately passed, thus giving the caretaker, Fraser, the essential money bills to continue the business of government. At 2.45pm Fraser announced he was caretaker Prime Minister, had the Supply Bills passed and was going for a double dissolution. November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
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On hearing the proclamation dissolving Parliament, which ended with the traditional 'God Save the Queen', Whitlam delivered his famous impromptu address to the crowd that had gathered in front of the steps of Parliament House. During the speech he famously labelled Fraser as "Kerr's cur" and told the crowd: "Ladies and gentlemen, well may we say 'God Save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General."[1] The original parliament house of Australia, now referred to as Old Parliament House, or OPH, served as the official Parliament House of the Commonwealth of Australia from 1927 to 1988. ...
References - University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
- AustralianPolitics.com 1975 election details
- AustralianPolitics.com 2PP vote
- Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences.
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