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It's been 50 years since arguably the most dramatic moment in Australia’s political history – the dismissal of the Whitlam Government.
It came at a time of enormous political upheaval and debate still rages about how it all happened.
David Speers sat down with journalist Niki Savva, who was there on the day, and Troy Bramston, the author of Gough Whitlam: the vista of the new.
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