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Whitlam – my part in his downfall

The wit and charm of Whitlam could not disguise his serious flaws

25 October 2014

9:00 AM

25 October 2014

9:00 AM

My mother used to say ‘If you can’t say something nice about the dead, don’t say anything at all.’ Of course, that does not stop you from saying the nice things first and then going on to list a few of the subject’s more obvious failings and giving him a send off, if he deserves it, as Gough Whitlam does.

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Neil Brown QC is a former Deputy Leader of the Liberal party and Minister in the Fraser government.

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