Former Australian PM Gough Whitlam dies

2014-10-21 8

Gough Whitlam, the former Australian prime minister known for leading the nation through a period of massive change, has died aged 98.

He is credited with wide-ranging reforms in the 1970s that included expanded access to health and education.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.
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