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WHY WAS THE WHITLAM GOVERNMENT DISMISSD?

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Answer the question and outline your arguments in support.

eg. The Whitlam Government was dismissed by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, on 11 November, 1975. There were a number of reasons why the dismissal occurred. These included the growing unrest in Australian society brought about by the failing economy; the growing unpopularity of the Labor government brought about by its spending and economic policies, and the scandals which plagued it and finally, the Constitutional crisis which developed over the failure of the Labor government to obtain the passage of its supply bills. This last problem was brought about by the breaking of a number of conventions and

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