The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race. - Gough Whitlam

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The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.

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About Gough Whitlam

(11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. He held office as the leader of the , and was its longest-serving leader. He was notable for being the head of a reformist and socially progressive administration that ended with his controversial dismissal by the governor-general of Australia, Sir John Kerr, at the climax of the 1975 constitutional crisis. Whitlam is the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office by the governor-general.

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Birth Name: Edward Gough Whitlam
Alternative Names: E. G. Whitlam
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