Former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, a transformational political figure who led the country's Labor Party government of 1972-1975, has died at age 98.

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Anthony Albanese inside the restored home of former prime minister Gough Whitlam. Picture: Jenny Evans/Getty Images Mr Whitlam's former family home is located in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta.

Gough Whitlam dead: Famous dismissal speech THESE words made Gough Whitlam a legend. In 1975, after being dismissed as Prime Minister, he gave a rousing speech that will live well beyond his 98 years.

PM Gough Whitlam went out of his way to stop Vietnamese who had supported Australia from fleeing Vietnam with our diplomats. Certainly, the Fraser government was more sympathetic to Vietnamese ...

Queen Elizabeth II was not forewarned of the 1975 removal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam by then Governor-General John Kerr, according to classified papers released Tuesday, which ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Gough Whitlam, a flamboyant Australian prime minister and controversial social reformer whose grip on power was cut short by a bitter constitutional crisis, died ...

Gough Whitlam remembered for his quick wit — and that TV ad for Leggo’s pasta sauce GOUGH Whitlam was that rare thing: a politician who could make people laugh, whether he was tearing down an ...

In 1973 Gough Whitlam implemented a 25 per cent general tariff cut. In 1974 he agreed to float the Australian dollar and liberalise capital markets. This was Gough the Globaliser, a free trader ...

On December 2 1972, after 23 years in opposition, Gough Whitlam led the Labor party back to government. What followed was three tumultuous years of crisis and transformation, after which Australia ...

The BBC looks at the major reforms pushed through by late PM Gough Whitlam that radically changed Australia's economic, legal and cultural landscape.