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In his latest book, Fact and Fiction, Nicholas Hasluck draws upon the diaries he kept while serving as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. These provide not only a picture of judicial life but also an account of writing Dismissal, his novel about the final days of the Whitlam government. What follows are thoughts and recollectionss on the events of and before November 11, 1975

Jacinta Allan is the favourite to replace Daniel Andrews as Victorian Labor premier despite being the minister in charge of the states cancelled Commonwealth Games bid.

Whether it was with drunk, missing or newly coined prime ministers, Tony Eggleton, who died on Saturday, played a role in three key moments of Australian political history.

Whether it was with drunk, missing or newly coined prime ministers, Tony Eggleton, who died on Saturday, played a role in three key moments of Australian political history.

Whether it was with drunk, missing or newly coined prime ministers, Tony Eggleton, who died on Saturday, played a role in three key moments of Australian political history.

Whether it was with drunk, missing or newly coined prime ministers, Tony Eggleton, who died on Saturday, played a role in three key moments of Australian political history.

Images show the scene of a dust storm and massive crash on Interstate 55 in south-central Illinois.

When the TV miniseries The Dismissal first aired, memories of the events it depicted were still fresh.

There was a revolutionary flavour to the Whitlam era, with its radical departure from the past and its abrupt demise.

News-cowFifty years ago, an Australian government had big plans for the media, seeing it as biased in favour of conservatism and its ownership too narrowly held. Powerful interests saw a sinister attempt to impose state control.