THE 1975 DISMISSAL: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

Investigates events leading to the dismissal of the Whitlam Government in Australia by Governor-General John Kerr on November 11, 1975. Coverage of the dismissal in the media and in the history books; Impact of the prime minister's dismissal on Australian politics; Claims that the event was a coup; Reasons of the administration for ignoring the Senate in planning the ruling party’s parliamentary tactics; Government reaction to the reading of the proclamation from the steps of Old Parliament House; Claims by the government that the Senate’s actions in 1975 as unprecedented, despite the ruling party's creation of precedents.