Tomorrow 29 November, is the 67th anniversary of Edward Gough Whitlam’s election to the Australian Parliament in 1952. Twenty years and three days later he became Prime Minister, after Labor’s longest exile in opposition, and nine straight election losses. Whitlam’s path to his 1972 victory had much of its foundation in the monumental task of … Continue reading RICHARD WHITINGTON. What started with Whitlam in Werriwa in 1952 remains a work in progress.… Continue reading »