The Dismissal: 50 Years On on Sky News Australia in November – This November marks 50 years since the most dramatic constitutional crisis in Australian history, the dismissal of then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam by Governor-General Sir John Kerr on 11 November 1975.
Half a century later, the legacy of that extraordinary day and the betrayal, treachery and clash of egos that fuelled events, continues to spark national debate and remains one of the most defining moments in Australia’s political history.
To mark the 50th anniversary, Sky News Australia will premiere an exclusive one-hour documentary, The Dismissal: 50 Years On, presented by award-winning journalist and Sky News Political Contributor Chris Uhlmann on Tuesday 11 November at 7.30pm AEDT.
The one-hour special revisits the extraordinary events of 1975 through archival footage and in-depth interviews, shedding new light on a turning point in the nation’s story.
The program features interviews with prominent voices across politics, journalism, and academia, some of whom were there that historic day, and each bringing their own perspective to the unfolding drama and its aftermath.
Through detailed storytelling, archival vision, and expert insight, The Dismissal: 50 Years On revisits the events that led to that now iconic moment in Australian political history, the actions that followed, and the constitutional crisis that continues to be studied and debated to this day.
Chris Uhlmann said:
“Like every Australian old enough to remember, I know exactly where I was on the afternoon of 11 November 1975. I was a 15-year-old Canberra schoolboy walking down the third-form corridor on the way to class when a breathless friend ran up to me. “Whitlam’s been sacked,” he said. That night on our black-and-white TV I saw for the first time the words and images that would echo through time.
“This November Sky News will wind back time to revisit the dismissal and relive the day that split the nation and left a scar, a legend, and a lesson that endures 50 years on.”
The Dismissal: 50 Years On Premieres Tuesday 11 November at 7.30pm AEDT
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The Dismissal: 50 Years On on Sky News Australia in November
