Michael Easson - Was Gough Whitlam Really A Radical Left-Wing PM?

My guest today is Michael Easson AM who is a businessman, historian, and former trade union leader. Today we discuss: His new book on former controversial Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam and whether a reappraisal is required Whether Whitlam was really as radical and left-wing as is often claimed Whether Whitlam represented a fundamental watershed from an older nationalist version of the labour party to a new more cosmopolitan economic and socially liberal one What lessons Whitlam can teach us today in the age of new populist parties And much, much morehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eassonhttps://www.connorcourtpublishing.com.au/Whitlam-Right-and-Wrong-Personal-Reflections-edited-by-Michael-Easson-hardback-_p_694.html