On Tuesday the 11th of November you possibly attended a Remembrance Day ceremony as I did and for a moment we could all focus on brave men and women that made the ultimate sacrifice for the liberties and freedoms we enjoy today.

Fifty years ago, Remembrance Day in Australia sadly had to play second fiddle to the dismissal of the then Whitlam Labor Government.  While Labor understandably wanted to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary, sadly the Prime Minister turned Remembrance Day 2025 into a political slanging match.  

Australians expect their Prime Minister to show restraint and respect when speaking about significant moments in our national story.  Instead, puffed up by Labor’s parliamentary majority, the Prime Minister embarked on a revision of history on the Dismissal.

After the Dismissal, Western Victoria’s and the Coalition’s Malcolm Fraser was appointed caretaker prime minister and 32 days later was elected in Australia’s largest ever federal election victory.

Prime Minister Albanese said on Tuesday ‘The Dismissal’ was “not a constitutional crisis, it was a partisan political ambush” while then Minister Keating, later Prime Minister, described the event as a ‘coup’.  

The Prime Minister’s six-day visit to China in July followed in Whitlam’s footsteps. Make no mistake, Mr Albanese not only wants to immortalise Mr Whitlam (including a proposed new statue outside Old Parliament House, Canberra) but hopes to emulate the dismissed former Prime Minister in every way possible.

Whitlam Labor set records for the growth of the size, cost, scope and reach of government in Australia. Under Mr Albanese, government spending is running at more than four times the rate of the economy – the highest level outside of a recession in almost 40 years.

Treasurer Chalmers has his foot on the inflation accelerator while Reserve Bank chair Michelle Bullock is forced to slam the brakes.

Australians are paying $50,000 every minute in interest on the Albanese Labor government’s trillion-dollar debt.

Mortgage holders are paying $1,800 a month more since Labor came to power in 2022, with 12 interest rate rises and just 3 cuts.  

The Coalition warned it won’t be easy under Albanese, and the proof is in the pudding.