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Dissecting the Dismissal

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Australia has had four prime ministers in the last two years, thanks to a series of dramatic leadership spills and coups. Yet the dismissal of the Whitlam government on 11 November 1975 continues to stand out among the most divisive events in  Australian political history. As far as political crises go, it remains in a class of its own.

In our final Fifth Estate of 2015, Sally Warhaft is joined by the authors of The Dismissal, a new book on the abrupt, brutal end to the Whitlam era. One day shy of the 40th anniversary, journalists Paul Kelly and Troy Bramston will shed new light on the crisis, discussing the true motivations of key players as well as the scale of collusion.

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Sally Warhaft

Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year, a Wheeler Centre podcast about Australians’ lives in the fog of ... Read more

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly is editor-at-large at The Australian and a former editor-in-chief of the News Limited national broadsheet from 1991 to 1996. Paul writes on Australian politics and history and international affairs and is a regular commentator on the Sky News program, Australian Agenda. He is the author o... Read more

Troy Bramston

Troy Bramston is a writer and columnist with The Australian and a contributor to Sky News. He is a former speechwriter for Kevin Rudd and author of The Dismissal (2015, with Paul Kelly).

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