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The Whitlam Government brought about a vast range of reforms in the 1071 days it held office between December 5, 1972 and November 11, 1975.
In its first year alone, it passed 203 bills - more legislation than any other federal government had passed in a single year. Gough Whitlam reformed not only Australia's laws and institutions, but the way this country sees itself. Explore some of the achievements and reforms enacted by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and the government he led here.