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« on: October 20, 2014, 05:57:41 PM »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough_Whitlam

Massive FF, an Australian hero.
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« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2014, 06:26:20 PM »

HP (Australian), although I admire the way he stuck to his guns, and for serving his constituents, even after entering the Lodge.
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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2014, 07:19:47 PM »

Definite FF (Australian). Certainly he was very flawed and he made some huge mistakes, but his achievements - universal healthcare, abolishing university fees, equal pay for women, the beginning of indigenous land rights, pulling Australia out of Vietnam, just to name just a few - are amazing and really shaped modern Australia. My mum was a working class kid who never would have had the opportunity to go to university if it were not for his university payment reforms, and so I can say that his legacy directly changed my own personal life for the better - which is rare for a politician.

I know it's a bit pathetic, and he was very old and lived a long, full life, but I feel a bit affected about seeing him go. I suppose its more about what he symbolised, the way he shaped modern Australia. I wish I could say something more eloquent.
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2014, 08:42:05 PM »

FF. It's easy to forget though that he was on the Labor Right.
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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2014, 04:23:44 AM »

Obvious FF, both for his reforms and for sticking it to the conservatives. Greatest Australian Prime Minister of all time.
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2014, 05:45:21 AM »

Obvious FF, both for his reforms and for sticking it to the conservatives. Greatest Australian Prime Minister of all time.
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2014, 07:53:00 AM »

Not normally into Fabians but he seems okay. I really did assume he was dead, though.
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