A year later, at the height of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, the Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed from his post by Governor-General Sir John Kerr, after the Opposition-controlled Senate rejected Whitlam's budget proposals. As Whitlam had a majority in the House of Representatives, Speaker Gordon Scholes appealed to the Queen to reverse Kerr's decision. She declined, stating that she would not interfere in decisions reserved by the Constitution of Australia for the governor-general. The crisis fuelled Australian republicanism. COUNT 5
QSN1 During the Australian constitutional crisis, what Prime Minister was dismissed? ANS1 Gough Whitlam QSN2 Who dismissed Whilam from the post of Australian Prime Minister? ANS2 Governor-General Sir John Kerr QSN3 Who appealed to Elizabeth to reverse the dismissal of Whitlam? ANS3 Speaker Gordon Scholes QSN4 What did Whitlam have in the House of Representatives? ANS4 a majority QSN5 What did Elizabeth decline to do in response to the appeal by Scholes? ANS5 interfere