Fifty years ago, the new Whitlam government removed the luxury sales tax on the pill. It changed Australian women's lives
- Written by Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University
Broad AgendaAmid the scale and sweep of the list of decisions made by the Whitlam government in their first week in office, most people remember the big changes: freeing all draft resisters from prison, or official recognition of Communist China.
The removal of the sales tax on the contraceptive pill, and adding it to the Pharmaceutical Benefits...
