The Dismissal

March. 06,1983      
Rating:
8.2
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The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.

Max Phipps as  Gough Whitlam
John Stanton as  Malcolm Fraser
John Meillon as  Sir John Kerr
Bill Hunter as  Rex Connor
John Hargreaves as  Dr. Jim Cairns
Peter Sumner as  Bill Hayden
Ed Devereaux as  Phil Lynch
Robyn Nevin as  Lady Kerr
Tom Oliver as  Senator Reg Withers
Carol Burns as  Cairns' Secretary