Politics with Michelle Grattan: Niki Savva and David Solomon on The Dismissal

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Niki Savva and David Solomon on The Dismissal

Tuesday November 11 will be the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam government by the then Governor-General Sir John Kerr. It was a dramatic day in our federal political history, with Malcolm Fraser appointed prime minister. Fraser then led the Coalition to a landslide victory in the subsequent election. The debate about – and in some quarters, the rage over – what Kerr did continues today, with opinions divided over its impact on A…