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1970
During the 1970s the issue of Uranuim mining became a focal point in the emerging environment movement.
Other topics in The Whitlam Years
Modernising Labor, 1969 election
In his first electoral test of strength, a half Senate election at the end of 1967, Whitlam performed creditably against Prime Minister Holt although still falling short of winning. A more important pointer to his importance came after the disappearance of Holt in the sea…
It’s Time. The 1972 election
The campaign for the election eventually called for December 1972 was the most professional, long running, and media orientated that Australia had seen to that date. It reflected the reorganisation of the party's extra-parliamentary machinery, as it reflected the parliamentary leadership of Whitlam. A change…
The 1974 election
The problem for the new administration was getting legislation passed through the Senate as long as the Opposition did not recognise any electoral mandate for the Labor government. Meanwhile, the first year in office saw a deterioration in economic conditions precipitated by huge increases in…
The dismissal and the 1975 election
By mid-1975 Malcolm Fraser determined that the economic management of the Whitlam government, and the alleged scandals of the loans affair, provided justification for using the Senate to deny supply to the government and force another election. For his part, Prime Minister Whitlam maintained that…