Video: 'Let me make quite clear that I am for abortion and, in your case Sir, we should make it retrospective:' Gough Whitlam's most devastating one-liners Former Australian Prime Minister Gough ...

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Gough Whitlam's abolition of university fees in 1974 cemented him as a Labor folk hero and the policy remained in place until 1989 when Labor established HECS, meaning students would pay tuition ...

One of the closest, but also most loyal, friend to former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was a Greek wrestler. George Gouliova arrived in Australia in 1974 and until 1981 was crowned ...

At a critical moment for the US, Australian culture has won a small victory -- and there is scope for an even more important ...

Every new government since Gough Whitlam’s has gone backwards at its first election ... at which he will give headland ...

Since the 1920s, the ACLU has been involved in virtually all of the landmark speech cases to reach the U.S. Supreme Court. In a landmark 1997 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the ACLU’s ...

Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview. More from ABC We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we ...

His fifth contribution, and much bigger than summarisable in a few sentences, was as a highly effective State Minister for ...

Steven Miles congratulates David Crisafulli, who is set to become Queensland’s next premier after only his party’s second ...

Gough Whitlam (fourth from left) led a historic Australian delegation to China in 1971 A young Australian researcher was having a late-morning drink in a Canberra pub in 1971 when he received a ...

Federal Labor, under Gough Whitlam, introduced free education but ended it under ... Between now and the election, he is ...