Former Australian PM Gough Whitlam dies at 98

This BBC new article and video profile of the former Prime Minster provides an interesting perspective on a truly visionary Australian leader.  The Family Law Act of 1975 introduced no fault divorce to Australia, and remains the structuring legislative scheme for divorce to this day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-29694093

Many regarded the moving speech by Noel Pearson as the hightlight of the state funeral

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/nov/05/gough-whitlams-indigenous-and-reforming-legacy-hailed-at-memorial