Dismissal timeline - July 1975

Federal Parliament sits 9, 15-17 and 22 July 1975

2 July

Prime Minister of Australia Hon Gough Whitlam QC dismisses Jim Cairns for misleading Parliament on the 'Loans Affair'.

See Days of Whitlam Government for more information

 

9 July

Special sitting of the House of Representatives is held to consider overseas loans. Prime Minister Whitlam tables loans documents and seeks to defend the government's position.

See Days of Whitlam Government for more information

 

14 July

Federal Parliamentary Labor Party elects Frank Crean as Deputy Leader replacing Deputy Prime Minister Lance Barnard who accepted an ambassadorship to Sweden, Finland and Norway on 28 June 1975.