Tony Abbott's tribute to Gough Whitlam

By Tony Abbott
Updated October 30 2014 - 10:09am, first published October 22 2014 - 7:13am
Prime Minister Tony Abbott moved a condolence motion for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at Parliament House.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott moved a condolence motion for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott moved a condolence motion for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at Parliament House.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott moved a condolence motion for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott moved a condolence motion for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at Parliament House.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott moved a condolence motion for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott moved a condolence motion for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at Parliament House.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott moved a condolence motion for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares

In every sense, Gough Whitlam was a giant figure in this Parliament and in our public life. He was only prime minister for three years –three tumultuous years – but those years changed our nation and, in one way or another, set the tone for so much that has followed. Whether you were for him or against him, it was his vision that drove our politics then and which still echoes through our public life four decades on.

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