Gough Whitlam - 'ALP' - 'Its Time' Election Jingle.

[gabalooga]

This is what I miss real politics. And passion. Australia needs more goughs because there's absolutly no one.

[headphone355]

Ah yes, Allison McCullam, leading this forty-strong campaign. I heard Albert Productions records released a 45 of this classic song, if we can call it that.

[turtleturton]

0:47 and time for kevin? is it time again?

[sheepleliberator]

I wish politicians now stood for something.

[psalmblues]

Nice aura of light around the singer - a type of holiness, cleaning, revival. she sings well, but there will only be time for freedom when Jesus returns, not Gough! Interesting to see how the ALP are mutating from red socialism to green environmentalism. Maybe there next song should be "It's now time to save the planet". I'm sure someone will believe they have such power.

[sdfeinstein]

Willy Brandt at 1:14

[StrahaoftheRace]

Is that Tony Abbot at 0.57?



[ken6346]

They've had some soaring heights and pathetic lows, but Labor has been a defining factor in Australia's history, and they continue, at their very core, to represent true blue Australian values like a fair go and mateship. Solidarity forever

[vinnyd91]

Hey look, Pauline Hanson's singing.

[mattyo30]

its time.... to destroy australia. Criminal labour

[balf1965]

@mattyo30 ignoramus

[corpbs1]

From the days when Australia actually had a Laboor Party Now it is a party of careerists, factional crooks, educationalists and mamby-pamby PC dik-wits. Hard to find a working man or woman in any ALP Caucus; state or federal. They have no one who knows the cold fear of maybe not being able to pay the rent or mortgage this month. They are just like the Libs now . . vacuous nobodies looking for 5 mins in the sun. Whitlam was great. But OZZ has been sold out since 1975.

[thatcher88]

@corpbs1 To the contrary, theres nothing wrong with being 'PC' and it was Whitlam who gave Australia equality for females, equality for aborigines, and equality for non-white migrants. These are all things 'PC' people oppose. Anybody who goes on about something being namby- pamby or PC fails, or supports the insidious prejudicial, discriminatory alternative. It is not the Labor Party of today who believe in equality for gays for example, so is the party really run by Tories and puppets.

[sexcwog2010]

jackie weaver is there also i think

[sexcwog2010]

i can also see noeline brown

[lawlers69]

I like this and will grow some sideburns

[theAlgod]

Thanks heaps mate for uploading this! The only other copy i've seen of this was a Real Player file which was of such rubbish quality you couldn't understand/read anything AND THAT WAS ON THE OFFICIAL FEDERAL LABOR PARTY. I'm sure its gone now tho. Seeing how Guillard and other cretins Whitlamized Kevin Rudd.

RIP Whitlam Ministry Dec 5th 1972 -Nov 11 1975.

RIP Rudd Ministry Dec 3 2007 - June 24 2010.

BOTH not allowed to complete their full 3 year tenure.

Politics is just a pit of rats & pigs.

[PfftRee]

If a runner for Prime Minister had an ad like this now. I would vote for them. Good on them, have a little fun. Instead all they seem to do is attack each other and accuse each other of the same crap. It gets kind of old and leads nowhere. Whereas a catchy song, Gough Whitlam had the right idea. (:

[DeafFret]

Who can pick out the celebs?

There's a very young Bert Newton, with lambchops at 1:14.

Who else is old enough to remember these pricks?

[mak1rk]

Its time to send the country broke again

[campbellu2002]

Such.Awesome.Bass.

[1bjk374]

Best political jingle ever for the worst prime minister ever , he remains to this day the only prime misiter to get the sack.

[AndrewMarkBalfour]

@1bjk374 Sacked by dishonest pricks with little vision for the future

[AndrewMarkBalfour]

An area of passion , an honest desire to do the right thing for this country, we all really believed ( and still do ) The educational directives were inspirational and poorly negelected by future Labor governments. Sadly, I don't think we'll ever see such passion again.............Balf

[stegatops]

Best political jingle ever....................who was the red head that sang it?

[julzeatspu]

I don't care what people say.... he gave indigenous people land rights... he introduced the multiculturalism policy, he abolished the white australia policy... can we atleast say that he kept that promise

[68Trueblue]

And these were good changes?

[julzeatspu]

racist?

[68Trueblue]

@julzeatspu Is that all you have, what an argument.

Land right cre3ated a legal minefield with claims for any land that was left vacant. Multiculturalism has created ethnic tensions and gang crime. On top of that an attack on our culture and standards.

The best morons like you can do is call someone a racist.

[julzeatspu]

racist?

[68Trueblue]

Well at least you can spell it.

[68Trueblue]

@julzeatspu Hear we go, another product of Kevin Rudd's education revolution. Young bright and has been fed full of rubbish. Anyone who dares disagree with political correctness and questions anything to do with Aboriginals or minorities is a racist.

It is the same ploy Labor uses in parliament.The scary part is that the brainwashing of children is just about to be ramped up.

An army of puppets for our new dictator.

[julzeatspu]

no, you have problems, the indigenous people should be the ones judging you, not the other way around

[68Trueblue]

Oh and why is that most enlightened one.

[julzeatspu]

because you think you have the right to go around saying that your king shit just because your white

[68Trueblue]

Thats right we invaded Australia and defeated your united people with an organised government.

Get it right. We took a country that was inhabited by prehistoric nomad tribes and developed into a bustling democracy.

And because of that modern day Aboriginals who are mostly white feel that because there own lives are a failure they can blame it on the whites.

You have a chip on your shoulder. The only person you can blame for any problem in your life is yourself.

[julzeatspu]

i'm not aboriginal you dumbass... and by the way i'm a teenage girl going to one of the top schools in australia..... i think YOU'LL be the one working for me soon

[68Trueblue]

Ok your a snobby little brat that has had life handed to her on a silver platter and thinks she has it all worked out..

So your a martyr too standing up for the downtrodden. Just what we need another over educated bleeding heart moron.

[julzeatspu]

'im on a scholarship. just face it, your an idiot

[68Trueblue]

Your going to grow up to be a fine waste of space and a pain in the arse for some poor sap who decides to take you on.

[julzeatspu]

Okay, so you've realised you sound like a total low-life idiotic loser, so you decide to attack me by any chance?

[68Trueblue]

is that the best you have hahahaha now you are sounding your age.

[julzeatspu]

so immature..

[68Trueblue]

Ive known plenty like you in my time. Young smug and full of self importance. You will fall on your face one day and blame every one else except yourself.

Get ready for a bumpy ride miss know it all.

[julzeatspu]

lol okay

[TheAceman10]

@julzeatspu Schholgirls are best with their legs behind their ears

[68Trueblue]

Isn't it amazing how history repeats itself. Rudd's campaign was very similar to Whitlams, and like Whitlam, Rudd will only last a short time. It is amazing how much incompetence is bred in the Labor party.

[nicholasisrael]

Yes, history sure repeats itself... like bad judgement and bad manners! First of all, do yourself and others a favour; you're talking about MR. RUDD and MR. WHITLAM - as I would politely address MR. HOWARD or MR. FRASER, even 'though I don't (mostly) agree with 'em! As for ALP "incompetence"; take a look, also, at the Libs/Country Party,

there's more than a lot to go round, and not only in Australia. It gets better when some people aren't SO GREEDY.

Nick

[68Trueblue]

@nicholasisrael Ok ill use my manners. You are right as to the Liberal/Country parties are much the same. All are on the free trade bandwagon, and both parties support zero tariffs. Australian manufacturers have gone broke, been sold to multinationals or moved offshore. It is sad but the worst is yet to come.

[nicholasisrael]

Thank you sir. You are right on both counts. What needs to happen in Australia, and a lot of countries too,

is for our people to rise beyond the

ALP/Lib-CP or Lab.-Tory "horserace"; decide on some alternative based on moral principles i.e. a fair days' pay for a fair day's work, economic rationale coupled to social justice, etc; cutting out the grab of both the rich and powerful AND any crap from the ACTU.

[68Trueblue]

@nicholasisrael You are a scholar and a gentleman. I agree with every thing you have said.

[nicholasisrael]

Thank you sir, that's most kind. Let me add something else: I've got my problems, but like to take care of myself. So in my little welfare-provided apartment, which is quite comfy as I paid the (privatised and thereby expensive) electric bill, I'll soon in good spirits turn my PC off and do the necessary small amount of tidying up. It boils down to give and receive; or just take and end up with nothing. Best wishes, Nick

[thevoice1969]

It's been all downhill since the day he was elected.

[supremerat]

Come the White Australian nationalist government, there will be traitor trials. All the Prime Ministers and others will be put on trial for the treason against White Australia

[patrickbateman1960]

Arguments over financial management are ridiculous. Whitlam wasnt an economic manager like a Hawke or Keating; he was on about something far more profound; and he got too far out in front of public opinion and was thrashed at the polls(twice), but of that diminishes his place in history as one of our greatest Prime Ministers. the volume of his reforms are breathtaking, and despite many years of conservative erosion, much that he changed lives on eg; Medicare & Divorce Law reform.

[goflb]

spot the freddie flintoff look-a-like

[Conniptions886]

Also in this commercial: Ted Hamilton, Terry Norris, Bobby Limb, Chuck Faulkner, Alison MacCallum, Jimmy Hannan, Judy Stone, Little Pattie, Jeff Ashby, Lynette Curran, Brian Hannan, and Gerda Nicholson.

[vbvbvb088]

Tops!

[syncstation]

@Conniptions886 Never head of any of them which is unlike me. I guess being -4 at the time doesn't help either.

[GladiatoRiley]

@syncstation Kevin Rudd.,,

[BlitzingPastizzi]

Reading "A Certain Grandeur: The Political Life of Gough Whitlam" by Graham Freudenberg, one of his former confidants, at the moment. Some of Whitlam's speeches and phrases are legendary. "Tiberius with a Telephone" - his summary of William McMahon's removal of John Gorton by telephone while holidaying in Surfers Paradise.

[heathirving]

most of which was done within 3 years.

he faced criticism,sabotage,incompetenc­e of his ministers

but never gave up,and to those who criticise his economic

management,inflation was a problem and was running at 20%,but it dropped to 14% sharply in 1975,and gdp was actually increasing at 2.75% in 1975 under whitlam.

why? because of his desire to have australians own and control their own businesses,not americans and chinese.

a great man.

[vbvbvb088]

Correct - im building a ozzie website dedicated to 1969 to mid 80's. Whole section devoted to EGW and the dismissal.....2 weeks away.

[heathirving]

best of luck mate

spread the word on this great great man of australian politics and his demise at the hands of the establishment.

[vbvbvb088]

A section for hawke and keating. NOT one for bracks/brumby and NSW labor......

[AMFvideos]

Or Anna Bligh !

[supremerat]

I think a rope will be good for her

[JohnoUsenko]

@heathirving: A disappointing failure who was finally removed by both the Governor General and the public when all other options had failed.

All depends on how you see things.

[heathirving]

@JohnoUsenko

a dissapointing failure? that enacted more lasting legislation than at any time from federation up to that point.

read about the dismissal,it was technically illegal.

a lot of the things we take for granted today are courtesy of this

man.

[JohnoUsenko]

@heathirving

If you say so. I think I may know more about the dismissal than you suspect. It was NOT Ultra Vires (as a constitutional matter, this is the correct term); this is merely an article of faith by the left in an attempt to postulate that their hero didn't REALLY fail.

[emucentral]

@heathirving

Whitlam's government was a failure, he was also a racist.

Whitlam commented "I'm not having these fcuking Vietnamese "Balts" coming into this country." when faced with boat people escaping the Vietnamese communists.

Whitlam's own appointee as Governor General had to withdraw his commission when the Whitlam government failed to act in accordance with convention and call a double dissolution.

The Australian electorate thoroughly approved these actions at the subsequent election.

[SvendBosanvovski]

@emucentral Gough a racists? Where did you get that from - a bubblegum wrapper? I suppose that is why he introduced multicultralism and was the first Australian PM to champion land rights for our inigenous brothers and sisters. Oh yeah, and there was that little matter of the Racial Discrimination Act that just may have had a bit to do with addressing race discrimination. What you claim as a quote from Gough about "fucking Vietnamese Balts" is prodiuct of you're own racist constructs.

[emucentral]

@SvendBosanvovski

I can understand if those raised on the myths of Gough's godlike status might not be aware of the facts, but here goes.

w w w.abc. n e t . a u/rn/deakin/stories/s295948 . h t m

Cameron recalled::

“...Whitlam stuck out his jaw and, . thundered, `I’m not having hundreds of f**king Vietnamese Balts coming into this country with their religious and political hatreds against us!”

and Cameron agreed."

Search for the quote, there are plenty of references.

[SvendBosanvovski]

@emucentral I've checked your quote and conceded that Cameron does attribute the remark to Gough. I don't think it can be taken any further than that. If it is the best his critics can do, its not much when measured against the extraordinary contribution he and and his first and second ministries contributed to removing the obvious racism of the White Australia policies, our Eurocentrism and neglect of indigenous Australians. These are among the greatest of his towering achievements.

[emucentral]

@SvendBosanvovski . As you have discovered, Gough made a disgustingly racist remark which has insulted both Vietnamese and Baltic refugees from totalitarian regimes.

As for the ALP's record on racism, well you might like to check up on history again.

It was the Labor Party and unions which INTRODUCED THE WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY around the time of Federation. It was the Liberals who welcomed non-whites following WW2.

Gough's government was a failure, Labor has the record of racism.

[SvendBosanvovski]

@emucentral I was not adressing Labor, or the Union movement's, record on racism. I was dealing with Gough's dismantling of a policy the Lib-CPretained for 23 years prior to his election. While not endorsing the remarks attributed to Gough, it would have been approrpiate for any government to be concerned about a massive influx of refugees on the scale of Vietnamese boat people, just as the US was when 150,000 Cubans landed in Miami. Having those concerns does not make one a racist.

[vecrumba]

You fail to address Whitlam using Baltic refugees who had become Australians and been contributing to Australia's success for over two decades as an epithet.

[SvendBosanvovski]

@vecrumba As you are no doubt aware, many Balts collaborated with the Nazi's during WW2 and brought their fascist anti-socialist ideology with them when they migrated here. Gough may have entertained concerns about large numbers of reactionaries, opposed to his social justice agenda, implanting themselves in workling class electorates and altering the fine political balance. It a political, rather than racist concern.

[heathirving]

@emucentral

been to cabramatta lately?

[personaliteh]

Not sure the source of your figures mate but you are deluded. Inflation was rampant under Whitlam, wages exploded, unemployment and industrial disputes rife, the first government deficit. They chose a Pakistani commodities dealer rather than Treasury to raise money. If the decision to dissolve parliament was wrong Whitlam would not have been overwhelmingly defeated in the election (that's the democracy that unfortunately elected him in the first place).

[heathirving]

you might actually like to read my post before making such rude comments. in 1975 gdp was actually growing at 2.75%

and inflation,which was a problem,dropped to 14%. They made a mistake with tirath khemlani,but going through treasury would have meant the interest was 8-9% rather than 6%. and the reason industrial disputes didnt occur under the liberals,is because they were outlawed. labor gave those men and women the right to be heard. unemployment was a problem,but still was only 4%.

[heathirving]

yes it was time for the greatest prime minister this country ever had.

his supporters and detractors still benefit from his reforms today,most notably medicare,legal aid,no fault divorce,massive increase in school funding,local government access to national finance,the proposed pipeline that would have created thousands of jobs,the national highway system,aboriginal reconciliation,the creation of single mother pension and hundreds of others

a true government for the people

[InformationMinister]

Yes it's time! Good on ya Gough!

[sliat1981]

It was time they got rid of the monachist (liberal) party

[InformationMinister]

HEAR HERE!

[isafella1]

The great Rex Conner will never be forgotten.

[OPHgirl]

You wouldn't think some people(Fraser) could go so low, then again, life's not fair.

[vbvbvb088]

OPH???? must be the old parliament house..........we want gough..we want gough.

[OPHgirl]

A song worthy of the great man.

[vbvbvb088]

The Golden Years of Gough. If my firstborn is a boy - Gough will be his name. Or '7'...lol

[vbvbvb088]

OPH - ie 'The Wedding Cake'?

[kmfw72]

Loathe the man, love the song.

[carolux24]

What a different country we might be living in today if the governments of Whitlam and Keating had managed to instigate all the reforms they dreamed of.... Maybe one day we could still achieve this.

Can you post the lyrics of the song?

[vbvbvb088]

1 of 2: Ask and you shall receive. Im building a website devoted to Oz culture between 1970 and late 80's - of which Gough and the Dismissal are highligted. Lyrics: It's Time Its time for freedom, Its time for moving, Its time to begin, Yes Its time Its time Australia, Its time for moving, Its time for proving, Yes Its time Its time for all folk, Its time for moving, Its time to give, Yes Its time Its time for children, Its time to show them, Time to look ahead,

[vbvbvb088]

2 of 2. Yes Its time Time for freedom, Time for moving, Time to be clear, Yes Its time Time Australia, Time for moving, Its time for proving, Yes Its time Time for better, Come together, Its time to move, Yes Its time Time to stand up, Time to shout it, Time, Time, Time, Yes Its time Time to move on, Time to stand up, time to say yes, Yes Its time

[vbvbvb088]

All those interested in the adventures of EGW - look up my account by name (vbvbvb088) and enjoy! Lots of Gough footage.

[carolux24]

You're a deadset legend. Thanks :)

[Rockdancer]

Thank you for posting this. The song always makes me sad. So many lost opportunities - I still want Gough!