FORTY years ago this Sunday, hero of the left and Labor Party icon
Gough Whitlam ended 23 years of Liberal Party rule when he became Prime Minister.
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| Lulworth House resident Jeanne Little |
On Friday the current Labor PM
Julia Gillard survived the
News Ltd led onslaught about...well no-one knows quite what except for the Opposition's repeated claims, echoing
Rupert Murdoch's
The Australian that she "
had questions to answer".
In her closing speech to Parliament for the year Ms Gillard paid tribute to Gough and his triumphs :ending Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, free university education, universal healthcare and the recognition of China, now out biggest trading partner.
As the
Shuttle revealed in early 2011, 96 year old Gough, who
Sir David Frost described as "
the most intellectual political leader he had interviewed" is now living in the luxury nursing home Lulworth House in Elizabeth Bay.
On Sunday the Whitlam clan will join Gough to celebrate his remarkable win in '72.
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| Gough, Neville & Harry M. |
Perhaps Gough's fellow residents will pop in for a drink. The entertainer
Jeanne Little who sadly is suffering from altheimers but still recognises people, and his fellow Labor great
Neville Wran who was NSW Premier for 10 years, and the promoter
Harry M.Miller . Our spy says Harry greatly enjoys breakfasting with Neville, despite the fact it was Wran's government that jailed Harry for 10 months in 1982 over the Tickertek fraud.
