Ken O'Dowd (Flynn, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, member for Hunter. With that, the troops came out of the Army camp at 12 o'clock that night. The election was declared, Gough Whitlam won the election and they said, 'That's good enough for us. Gough said, "No more conscription,"' and they just walked out the gate.

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