YouTube video of Four Corners’ 1995 program on The Dismissal.
Category: Loans Affair
Gough Whitlam Interviewed On The 10th Anniversary Of The Dismissal
A 50-minute video of Gough Whitlam interviewed on SBS TV by Michelle Grattan, Mungo MacCallum and Max Teichmann on SBS TV on the 10th anniversary of the Dismissal on November 11, 1985.
Rex Connor Resigns As Loans Affair Delivers Fraser’s “Reprehensible Circumstances”
Rex Connor, the Minister for Minerals and Energy, resigned from the Whitlam ministry on October 14, 1975. Includes audio of interview with Connor and image of the famous “Khemlani Tells” front page of the Melbourne Herald.
Whitlam’s Press Conference Following Cairns Sacking And Loans Affair Sitting
Full text and audio of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s press conference, July 15, 1975.
Loans Affair: Special One-Day Sitting
Audio of speeches by Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam in the House of Representatives special one-day sitting called to debate the Loans Affair.
Parliament Recalled To Debate Loans Affair
The daily newspapers report the recall of the House of Representatives on July 9, 1975, to debate the Overseas Loans affair.
The Australian: Let Us See The Khemlani Letter
The Australian editorialised about the Loans Affair and letter of authority given to Tirath Khemlani by the Minister for Minerals and Energy, Rex Connor.
$4000m Loan Letters
In June 1975, the Loans Affair began to erupt.
Whitlam’s Press Conference Following Ministerial Reshuffle
Text and audio of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s press conference on June 10, 1975, following the previous week’s ministerial reshuffle.