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John Gorton refusing to give his loyalty to Malcolm Fraser as Liberal leader after Fraser had deposed Billy Snedden the same day, 21 March 1975
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John Gorton answering questions at a press conference at the office of US Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., 8 May 1969
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John Howard reflecting on the 1974 Joint Sitting and praising Gough Whitlam as the best parliamentarian he ever saw “in the flesh”, on a 7.30 report covering the 50th anniversary of the event. Broadcast on 5 August 2024
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The entirety of Billy Snedden’s time as Liberal leader covered in the ABC documentary The Liberals - Fifty Years Of The Federal Party. Broadcast on 26 October 1994
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Speaker Jim Cope is elected Chairman after being moved and seconded by Fred Daly and Doug McClelland, and Cope outlines the bills focused on for the Joint Sitting, 6 August 1974
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Malcolm Fraser trading barbs with Laurie Oakes and calling out “bullshit” from the press gallery in his final address to the National Press Club as Prime Minister, 1 March 1983
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Speaker/Chairman Jim Cope opening the second day of the Joint Sitting, and his future successor as Speaker, Joan Child, getting up to speak, 7 August 1974
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Speaker/Chairman Jim Cope announcing that Governor-General Sir John Kerr has already approved several of the bills passed, before formally closing the Joint Sitting proceedings, 7 August 1974
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