CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.
It is a great honour to be with you all for the launch of an outstanding new addition to Australian political biography and indeed Australian history.
Among many distinguished guests, can I acknowledge all the members of the Whitlam family joining us here today.
Including Tony Whitlam, who I learned from this book was very nearly blessed with the name 'Justinian Dovey Whitlam' to achieve what Gough called a 'crescendo effect'.
The tremendous interest surrounding this book speaks for Gough Whitlam's powerful and en...