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Originally Posted by MarkAW
What sort of an answer is that?
The Governor General is a representative of the Queen, without a Queen there is no Governor General. It wasn't the GG who made the decision as he/she has no entitlement to make that decision on his/her own. Even if the opposition blocks "Supply" it must be the Constitutional Monarch ie Lizzy who makes the decision to force a disolution of parliment. Its the GG job to proceed with Lizzy's decision.
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Most of the above is correct - but if you care to do a bit more research, it is patently obvious that the Queen didn't order the dismissal of the Whitlam/Labor government. The GG was empowered to do this in his own right. He strung Whitlam along for a fair while - hoping that the Labor/Liberal parties could work out agreement. At the end of the day, the GG sacked Whitlam - before Whitlam was able to sack the GG (which the PM is able to do - without getting the queen's permission)