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🗓️ 20 August 2025
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In 1975, for the first and only time in Australia's history, a Prime Minister was sacked. Gough Whitlam was dismissed after months of political manoeuvring and backstabbing, culminating in what is still the most controversial event in the country's political history. On this episode we look at the three men at the centre of the dismissal, Whitlam, as well as the man who fired him; John Kerr, and the man who replaced him; Malcolm Fraser.
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 10:07 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
Gough: Nothing Will Save Speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOJNaqjUra4
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-eleventh
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/whitlam-gough-18730
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/whitlam-dismissal
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/21/gough-whitlam-in-his-own-words
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kerr-sir-john-robert-23431
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0:00.0 | Big announcements, specials online available and tours to announce. Dave, what are some of these |
0:04.7 | details? We are touring around Australia and New Zealand for the first ever time to celebrate our 10 |
0:09.8 | anniversary. We're 10, baby. We're 10 and we are hitting up these places between now and the start |
0:15.3 | of 2026. We are hitting up Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland, Wellington and Brisbane, |
0:24.1 | all with live Doogon shows on sale now at dogoonpod.com. |
0:28.3 | So pumped. |
0:28.8 | Some of these cities we're getting to the first time ever, including Canberra and Hobart and Wellington |
0:33.1 | and Auckland. |
0:33.8 | And we haven't been to Perth and Adelaide in quite some time. |
0:36.5 | So really pumped for that. I'm also doing a Who New Year Tour before that. |
0:41.5 | It was starting as of now going to Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Hobart |
0:46.9 | then over to the UK to Edinburgh, Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester, Swansea and London. And also Dave, you and I, we've got our specials out available now on Humdinger. That's right. If you're not able to see us in the flesh, you can watch us online for free at any time at YouTube.com slash humdinger studios, believe it's the address. But just type in Humdinger Studios or my name or Matt Stewart's name and our specials our stand-up specials are there right now. |
1:11.6 | The one I'm touring I should say is a new show compared to that so you can watch it and then |
1:15.1 | comes to me and that's a whole whole other hour. |
1:18.7 | Wow. |
1:19.0 | What the heck? |
1:20.4 | That's what's going on here? |
1:26.1 | Seconds. |
1:27.0 | That's the difference between life and death. I've seen it firsthand. I'm Javid Abdomenem, a doctor with Medtinsinsen-Saint-Saint-Fontier. |
1:35.3 | As conflicts continue to spread across the world, it's crucial we can act fast. As an MSF doctor, I may need to stop life-threatening bleeding, treat gunshot wounds, |
1:46.6 | or care for blast victims all in a matter of seconds. That's why at Medsinsinsen-Saint-Saint-Frontier |
1:52.3 | we don't waste any time. We're working in more conflict zones than you may be aware of, |
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