Fifty years after Whitlam's breakthrough China trip, the Morrison government could learn much from it
- Written by Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor's fellow, La Trobe University
National Museum of Australia
Historical anniversaries sometimes – not always – provide an opportunity to take stock. Rarely do two anniversaries coincide that encourage such an opportunity.
That is the case with the 50th anniversary on July 3 of the breakthrough Gough Whitlam visit to China and the July 1 centenary of the founding of the...