Fraser does not explain how he defends Coalition Senators, paid by the taxpayer, effectively going on strike, by not voting on the Budget. If they had voted that Budget down, fair enough, an election would happen. But they didnt vote that Budget down. In fact they passed it after Kerr did the dirty deed with Fraser. Kerr Should have told Fraser to have his senators do their duty: vote 'yay' or 'nay'. No small wonder Kerr fell into disgrace. Even those who used him, disowned him after.
I agree with JerryX68. The cheek of Fraser to talk about democracy when he was prepared to ride roughshod over the the rights of the Australian citizens and to use the rabidly anti-democratic media moguls to distort the facts so that they could organise a Palace coup and drum a progressive Government out of office. In my opinion Frazer and his ilk were traitors who distorted the legal process to put the Labor Party out power.
exactly,and he didnt talk about the undemocratic and corrupt treatment of the senate which resulted in the majority which brought down the government. then in his own hypocritical fashion,changes the referendum AFTER the election so that senate replacements must be from the same party.
the reason for the blockage of supply is a farce too,whitlam was going to call a half senate election,and if they got a temporary majority,would have passed bills ending the country party .
I've heard some doublespeak spoken in my time but this takes the biscuit! Given Fraser's complicity in the removal from office of an elected Prime Minister by an unelected representative of an unelected monarch, it betters belief that he had the nerve to talk about democracy. I've always liked Gough Whitlam's description of Fraser as 'Kerr's cur'.
Fraser does not explain how he defends Coalition Senators, paid by the taxpayer, effectively going on strike, by not voting on the Budget. If they had voted that Budget down, fair enough, an election would happen. But they didnt vote that Budget down. In fact they passed it after Kerr did the dirty deed with Fraser. Kerr Should have told Fraser to have his senators do their duty: vote 'yay' or 'nay'. No small wonder Kerr fell into disgrace. Even those who used him, disowned him after.
corpbs1 4 months ago
I agree with JerryX68. The cheek of Fraser to talk about democracy when he was prepared to ride roughshod over the the rights of the Australian citizens and to use the rabidly anti-democratic media moguls to distort the facts so that they could organise a Palace coup and drum a progressive Government out of office. In my opinion Frazer and his ilk were traitors who distorted the legal process to put the Labor Party out power.
frussell3 7 months ago
@frussell3
exactly,and he didnt talk about the undemocratic and corrupt treatment of the senate which resulted in the majority which brought down the government. then in his own hypocritical fashion,changes the referendum AFTER the election so that senate replacements must be from the same party.
the reason for the blockage of supply is a farce too,whitlam was going to call a half senate election,and if they got a temporary majority,would have passed bills ending the country party .
heathirving 5 months ago
I've heard some doublespeak spoken in my time but this takes the biscuit! Given Fraser's complicity in the removal from office of an elected Prime Minister by an unelected representative of an unelected monarch, it betters belief that he had the nerve to talk about democracy. I've always liked Gough Whitlam's description of Fraser as 'Kerr's cur'.
JerryX68 9 months ago