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In academic literature, a coup is defined as “illegal and overt attempts by the military or other elites within the state apparatus to unseat the sitting executive”. The Whitlam Labor Government was obviously the sitting executive. The governor-general and Parliamentary Coalition were clearly elites within the state apparatus. The "Dismissal" as the msm calls it, was a COUP. Albanese called it such on the ABC last night but I'd think that would have been edited on the commercials.
Our rich man media, despite the information that has come to light since, have never called a spade a spade because it (News Corp controls 70%) played a central role in selling the coup at the time. Of course the mass of Oz Sheeple couldn't give a toss about semantics and would still assume/believe that Whitlam had done something wrong.
The "Reserve Powers" remain and we have people like Rhinehart who couln't give toss about democracy if their business interests are twarted or affected adversly in any way. She owns the Nats and now they have rolled the Libs on net zero. Who benefits? Gina and the fossil fuel industry. Already, the tories, through their media, have assured the sheeple who just don't want to think about anything much, that they can have things both ways. There'a bad moon on the rise not that they have too much to worry about with this Labor government.
Our rich man media, despite the information that has come to light since, have never called a spade a spade because it (News Corp controls 70%) played a central role in selling the coup at the time. Of course the mass of Oz Sheeple couldn't give a toss about semantics and would still assume/believe that Whitlam had done something wrong.
The "Reserve Powers" remain and we have people like Rhinehart who couln't give toss about democracy if their business interests are twarted or affected adversly in any way. She owns the Nats and now they have rolled the Libs on net zero. Who benefits? Gina and the fossil fuel industry. Already, the tories, through their media, have assured the sheeple who just don't want to think about anything much, that they can have things both ways. There'a bad moon on the rise not that they have too much to worry about with this Labor government.
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