Classic LNL: Paul Keating on the first dismissal
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'The Big Fella', Jack Lang, twice premier of NSW, was one of Australia's most controversial politicians and loved and hated with a visceral intensity. During the Great Depression he was dismissed from office by the NSW Governor for refusing to repay interest on Commonwealth loans. He was expelled from the Labor party in 1942 and re-admitted in 1971 with the support of his young protégé, Paul Keating. 

Paul Keating, former Labor prime minister, and Frank Cain, historian.

First broadcast on November 17, 2005.