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Who?
Gough Whitlam
He was responsible for introducing universal healthcare and free university in Australia.
TIL, thanks!
And probably why there's a band called "The Whitlams?"
Yup. Here's a snippet from their Wikipedia page:
Also, if you didn't see it already, there are actually a lot of really good reasons to suspect US involvement in the event that has come to be known as "The Dismissal". A brief explanation of some of them are in another comment further up the page.