australia's debt to gough

Gough Whitlam dragged the labour movement, government & Australia as a whole out of its xenophobic, navel gazing colonial malaise.

Gough's vision & his government's reforms linked us to Asia's future, invested in our education, ended our involvement in the Vietnam War, massively improved urban & environmental planning & asserted the needs of Aborigines.

Australia today roughly approximates the vision he had for it, undersoring just how big a difference visionary leaders make.

At 96 Australia owes Gough the recognition that even Malcolm Fraser agrees you so thoroughly deserve.

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/thanks-gough-for-giving-us-all-a-chance-20120703-21f98.html