As the Governor General his role was to inform the sitting PM what his intensions were going to be. He did not do that. The Bill would have been passed within a day or two. The trouble is that it was as under handed act that you can get. The Australian public saw through that and rightly reacted accordingly.
The guy was literally booed to death, dying as a lonely reclusive miserable man who never lived down the debacle and it followed him to his grave which I'm sure has discouraged any other governor general from ever contemplating such a move ever again. Also John Kerr and Bart Cummings look like brothers
Was a wee child and at that Cup and now find the mirth in this presentation - thanks for this_ appreciate all the Racing Videos and historical vids You post - Top Work Gezza
Nice one Gezza! I was about 11 when that happened and didn't really care about the Cup or the goings on after the race was over, but I do remember all of the news bulletins a few hours later almost making more of a fuss over Kerr being pissed than the actual Cup winner. The biggest cheer that scumbag got from me was when he died! It would have been fitting if he died on the night of that Cup, lying in a gutter, choking on his own vomit due to the amount of piss he'd had. God Save The Bloody Queen? You have to be joking!
People need to get over the Dismissal. The electorate didn't fall for the 'We wuz robbed' focus of the Labor Party's ensuing electoral campaign, so the whole affair is purely academic in my book.
jimogg66...no, before he departed the microphone would have been better Politics has gone downhill ever since It's much BETTER living outside on NINGNONGLAND Arsetrarlia 🖕🇬🇧
OK, why did he dismiss the Whitlam government? & please don't say, because the Liberals blocked the money supply. I thought taxes fund, the government, don't they?
@@johnsergei Look into it more John. Taxes do fund the government, but the opposition had blocked the governments appropriation bills - meaning they couldn't do anything with the money that they had. They had no authorised expenditure. There isn't a way of by-passing that unfortunately, and a government with no ability to spend money can not function. It was an incredibly selfish and undemocratic move by the opposition in the Senate to do this in the first place.
@@Xerrand Look into it more. What more?. If governments print and control the money supply why do they need taxes? That said, look at how horrific taxes are. Pensioner couple, no super, so all they get is a couple's pension, a paltry amount, not even 75% of two single pensions. They hook up the caravan and tour Australia, paying 50% fuel tax, GST and many other taxes. While they are on the road they might be paying close to 100% of their income in taxes. Stay home and use the heater and air-conditioning minimally ( living uncomfortably) they may get their tax down to only 18-15%. Most pensioners would be paying around 20-30% of their pension in taxes. If a middle income person spends big they can end up paying 60 or even 70% of their annual income in taxes. Now let's look at Bill, a CEO on 400g a year, 3 children age 11- 15. Bill pays 48% income tax, same for fuel tax 10% GST ( and Bill has to spend a bit). Last year he spent almost a million$ renovating and extending his home and bought a large luxury SUV, all to accommodate his growing children. Top bloke Bill, but the government says "YOU WILL PAY, DEARLY!" The government is usually fare though, In most years Bill has at least 100g to feed his family and pay off his mortgage. Not in 2019 though. Bill spent 110% of his income in taxes. Maybe you can simply explain it?
@@johnsergei I'm not here to argue over taxes and whether or not they are fair lol. You completely changed the subject. I agree with you on that, quite a lot of tax policy is ridiculously unfair and in need of changing. That's a different topic for another day. The fact is that whether you or I agree with them or not, governments do need tax money, and the way the system works means that government expenditure needs to be approved by both houses of Parliament. It was the Senates reckless blocking of the appropriation bills that led to the governments dismissal by Kerr - because there wasn't much else that he could do to break the dead lock
@@Xerrand I wanted to see if you know where money comes from. I bet you don't, so I'll ask you directly where does it come from. You'll be only need one word to answer, but I wouldn't mind you telling me who controls the Australian dollar and what it's doing, contracting, static or expanding?. In any case, you failed completely, to answer why the governments would need taxes, or interest bearing credit for that matter and without that, no constitutional crisis. Fraser did what was expected of a politician (slightly worse actually) But what Kerr did was pretty low. Glad there was no state funeral, the maggot.
As the Governor General his role was to inform the sitting PM what his intensions were going to be. He did not do that. The Bill would have been passed within a day or two. The trouble is that it was as under handed act that you can get. The Australian public saw through that and rightly reacted accordingly.
"God save the Queen, because nothing will save the Governor General."
The guy was literally booed to death, dying as a lonely reclusive miserable man who never lived down the debacle and it followed him to his grave which I'm sure has discouraged any other governor general from ever contemplating such a move ever again.
Also John Kerr and Bart Cummings look like brothers
2 fascists maybe.
He deserved every bit of that misery. Hope he is in hell.
Oh he was got at alright. Two blokes from the by the names of Johnnie Walker and Jack Daniels stuck it to him..
Was a wee child and at that Cup and now find the mirth in this presentation - thanks for this_ appreciate all the Racing Videos and historical vids You post - Top Work Gezza
The jockey is my brother in law
G'day stunsail, pleasure for that..Cheers Gezza
Thanks, I'd just read about this in Les Carlyon's Bart Cummings book The Master.
Bart thought it was hilarious! Never minced words.
why do people imagine that other people (in this case Henry Winneke and Henry Bolte) are responsible for an alcoholic getting drunk?
Your name is brilliant.
Nobbled and thank God he had a driver to get him off course!
HAHAHAHAHAH....
GOLD 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Middle name not Wayne by any chance?
Nice one Gezza! I was about 11 when that happened and didn't really care about the Cup or the goings on after the race was over, but I do remember all of the news bulletins a few hours later almost making more of a fuss over Kerr being pissed than the actual Cup winner. The biggest cheer that scumbag got from me was when he died! It would have been fitting if he died on the night of that Cup, lying in a gutter, choking on his own vomit due to the amount of piss he'd had. God Save The Bloody Queen? You have to be joking!
Something wrong with the system!
Seemed to be reprising his performance at Government House. Bad acting or just a bad conscience?
Kerr's cur
he had potential when he was younger but turmed into an awful human being (and his second wife Anne was a horrnedous piece of work also)
God save the Queen, because nothing will save Australia from Unidroit Law.
God bless you Sir John. You saved Australia.
He was bum
"Old hippie" ?....but all yer mates lived in Vaucluse.
oldhippie...🇦🇺 down the gurgler ever since...glad I'm out
RISE UP ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA
People need to get over the Dismissal. The electorate didn't fall for the 'We wuz robbed' focus of the Labor Party's ensuing electoral campaign, so the whole affair
is purely academic in my book.
jimogg66...no, before he departed the microphone would have been better
Politics has gone downhill ever since
It's much BETTER living outside on NINGNONGLAND Arsetrarlia
🖕🇬🇧
Why do Australians dislike this guy? He was right to do what he did. Not only right, but also entirely lawful. Also he's a great character.
OK, why did he dismiss the Whitlam government? & please don't say, because the Liberals blocked the money supply. I thought taxes fund, the government, don't they?
@@johnsergei Look into it more John. Taxes do fund the government, but the opposition had blocked the governments appropriation bills - meaning they couldn't do anything with the money that they had. They had no authorised expenditure. There isn't a way of by-passing that unfortunately, and a government with no ability to spend money can not function. It was an incredibly selfish and undemocratic move by the opposition in the Senate to do this in the first place.
@@Xerrand Look into it more. What more?. If governments print and control the money supply why do they need taxes? That said, look at how horrific taxes are. Pensioner couple, no super, so all they get is a couple's pension, a paltry amount, not even 75% of two single pensions. They hook up the caravan and tour Australia, paying 50% fuel tax, GST and many other taxes. While they are on the road they might be paying close to 100% of their income in taxes. Stay home and use the heater and air-conditioning minimally ( living uncomfortably) they may get their tax down to only 18-15%. Most pensioners would be paying around 20-30% of their pension in taxes. If a middle income person spends big they can end up paying 60 or even 70% of their annual income in taxes. Now let's look at Bill, a CEO on 400g a year, 3 children age 11- 15. Bill pays 48% income tax, same for fuel tax 10% GST ( and Bill has to spend a bit). Last year he spent almost a million$ renovating and extending his home and bought a large luxury SUV, all to accommodate his growing children. Top bloke Bill, but the government says "YOU WILL PAY, DEARLY!" The government is usually fare though, In most years Bill has at least 100g to feed his family and pay off his mortgage. Not in 2019 though. Bill spent 110% of his income in taxes. Maybe you can simply explain it?
@@johnsergei I'm not here to argue over taxes and whether or not they are fair lol. You completely changed the subject. I agree with you on that, quite a lot of tax policy is ridiculously unfair and in need of changing. That's a different topic for another day. The fact is that whether you or I agree with them or not, governments do need tax money, and the way the system works means that government expenditure needs to be approved by both houses of Parliament. It was the Senates reckless blocking of the appropriation bills that led to the governments dismissal by Kerr - because there wasn't much else that he could do to break the dead lock
@@Xerrand I wanted to see if you know where money comes from. I bet you don't, so I'll ask you directly where does it come from. You'll be only need one word to answer, but I wouldn't mind you telling me who controls the Australian dollar and what it's doing, contracting, static or expanding?. In any case, you failed completely, to answer why the governments would need taxes, or interest bearing credit for that matter and without that, no constitutional crisis. Fraser did what was expected of a politician (slightly worse actually) But what Kerr did was pretty low. Glad there was no state funeral, the maggot.
Bart Cummings was a right winger. Typical. He used to charge owners training fees while their horses were agisting.
He's a labor trainer
@@MisterPolitical1 Not what I heard from his own mouth.
@@archiefox1414 2 of his horses light fingers & red handed is referring to low income labor voters becoming shoplifters.
@@MisterPolitical1 No they were named for CEOs earning $10 million a year.Both were sired by Le Filou which means thief in French.