Dismissal timeline - January 1975
No Federal Parliamentary sittings in January 1975
| 3 January |
Liberal Party Leader Thomas Lancelot Lewis is elected Premier of New South Wales. Lewis replaces Robert Askin, also of the Liberal/National Party, who was Premier from 13 May 1965 until his retirement.
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| 7 January |
Federal Executive Council, including Governor General Sir John Kerr, rescinds loans authorisations at Admiralty House. See Days of Whitlam Government for more information
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| 28 January |
A fresh loan authority for US$2,000 million, in the same terms as the first loan authority, is approved by the Federal Executive Council. Tirath Khemlani continues to assert that he is able to raise the money. |
Glossary
Loans authorisations - On 14 December 1974 the Federal Executive Council approved the raising of a US$4,000 million overseas loan to finance a massive resources and infrastructure program under the guidance of the Minister for Minerals and Energy Rex Connor. The loan was brokered by Pakistani Tirath Khemlani.
