Access to Tertiary Education for the Middle Classes and Working classes was his mantra. Participation rates actually did not go up all that much. Until the Early to mid 80's when both parties understood that it was unsustainable to be continued. And furthermore I did not describe either of these two items as a disaster although it could be argued. Whitlam overall was a disaster in terms of being politically inept. He lasted how long? Whitlam had many likeable qualities running the Labor Party was beyond all his abilities. Whitlam is becoming no more than a footnote in Australia's History and that is where he belongs. He could have been so much more.
