Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "1977 Australian federal election" in English language version.
The Australian people will not accept a return to high taxes. The Government will bring taxes down further - not increase them.
By 1977, Kerr's behaviour at public events was also becoming a liability. That was the year he landed face-down in the mud at the Tamworth Show as he attempted to place the winning medallion around the prized cow "Lovedale Posh", all of it captured by a waiting photographer. The front-page images of the governor general pinioned under the cow's hoof won a Walkley award. There was a memorable repeat performance at the Melbourne Cup later that year when Kerr, in an ill-fitting top hat and tails, struggled to remain upright as he awarded the cup to the owners of the winning horse. It was a sad sight of a public decline (now a much-watched YouTube clip called, "the Governor-General drunk at the Melbourne Cup").
The Australian people will not accept a return to high taxes. The Government will bring taxes down further - not increase them.
By 1977, Kerr's behaviour at public events was also becoming a liability. That was the year he landed face-down in the mud at the Tamworth Show as he attempted to place the winning medallion around the prized cow "Lovedale Posh", all of it captured by a waiting photographer. The front-page images of the governor general pinioned under the cow's hoof won a Walkley award. There was a memorable repeat performance at the Melbourne Cup later that year when Kerr, in an ill-fitting top hat and tails, struggled to remain upright as he awarded the cup to the owners of the winning horse. It was a sad sight of a public decline (now a much-watched YouTube clip called, "the Governor-General drunk at the Melbourne Cup").
