Gough Whitlam revisited

 THIS is in essence a book review but still interesting.

Let me put my cards on the table.

Whitlam's grand plan was economic rationalism personified. He was inspired by the Vernon committee. He was also a Rattigan man.

When he came to government most people in the suburbs let alone the outer suburbs where Whitlam lived did not have sewerage for toilets and had to go outdoors to a dunny.

We spent a lamentable amount on education.

Whitlam's policies were not the problem. It was the haste to implement them all at once. He was also too sentimental. Bill Hayden should have been treasurer at the beginning but Whitlam chose Frank Crean. There were others as well.

This is why in the end Whitlam was a failure as a PM.