AUSTRALIA: MASS DEMONSTRATION IN MELBOURNE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT SACKING...AND DEPOSED PRIME MINISTER GOUGE WHITLAM SAYS DECEMBER ELECTION WILL BE TRIUMPH FOR AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY.
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AUSTRALIA: MASS DEMONSTRATION IN MELBOURNE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT SACKING...AND DEPOSED PRIME MINISTER GOUGE WHITLAM SAYS DECEMBER ELECTION WILL BE TRIUMPH FOR AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY.
- Title: AUSTRALIA: MASS DEMONSTRATION IN MELBOURNE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT SACKING...AND DEPOSED PRIME MINISTER GOUGE WHITLAM SAYS DECEMBER ELECTION WILL BE TRIUMPH FOR AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY.
- Date: 14th November 1975
- Summary: 1. GV Crowd attending rally addressed by Clyde Cameron 0.51 2. SV PAN & CU OF Crowd chanting "We Want Gouge"(5 shots) 1.20 3. SCU Interview with Whitlam 2.03 TRANSCRIPT: CAMERON: "A message has just come through to say that Gouge Whitlam and Bob Hawke, that Brisbane is seeing the biggest rally that Queens Road has ever seen. All over Australia the working people are united .. united as they've never been before .. standing shoulder to shoulder fighting for the rights of Parliamentary government. And I'm proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Gouge Whitlam in this great of his." REPORTER: "You mentioned there a sense of outrage. Some of you own ministers have been concerned about the possibility of violence in the streets because of the anger that has been generated b;y the situation. Do you think this is a real possibility in Australia?" WHITLAM: "Of course it's a possibility, because this has been a coup d'etat ... putsch. But I hope that people will retain their discipline and make their determination felt. At the ballot box in Australia. There's no denying that the faith of a very great number of people in the parliamentary system in Australia has been grievously shaken. But I think democracy deserves one more trial in Australia." Initials SATELLITE TELERECORDING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 28th November 1975 12:00
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- Location: MELBOURNE AND CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
- Country: Australia
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