Trevor Cook: JWM staff visit The Hon. Gough Whitlam

13 July 2006

JWM staff visit The Hon. Gough Whitlam

JWM was fortunate enough to be asked to look after all media activity surrounding The Hon. Gough Whitlam's 90th birthday celebrations which took place on Tuesday 11th July, 2006 and raised money for the Whitlam Institute.

Today a few of us from JWM had the privilege of meeting Mr Whitlam. We sat and chatted for a while about business and politics, had a few items signed and of course got our photo taken with the great man (click on thumbnail for larger image).

JWM chief executive John Wells is a board member at the Whitlam Institute.

JWM staff are left to right : Alannah Young, Sandra Tang, and Jakob Webster.

By jwebster
13 Jul 2006 14:44:34

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Whitlam's dismissal in 1975 (like Harold Wilson's sudden resignation the next year) remain stunning and hard-to-explain political events, even 30 years on... You're shaking hands with history.

Posted by: Richard Bailey | 14 July 2006 at 05:50 PM

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