There is a sort of unwritten protocol when former Prime Ministers and Presidents die that the current leader shows restraint and respect and there is a sort of bi-partisan show put on.
When Gough died and now Fraser our small minded PM couldn't help himself. He sort of praised Gough whilst throwing in that he led a "terrible government "and today he was defending Fraser's role in the 1975 coup by justifying it on the basis that the Whitlam Government was so bad. Well Tony let me remind you that the people vote Governments in and the people should vote them out ( I wonder who said basically that over the last month or two Tony you hypocrite ???? )
I was a teenager in 1975 and I still remain angry that the sacking of an elected government could occur in that way in Australia. Forget about whether it was a good or bad government, it was just wrong. Malcolm Fraser's legacy will be that unfortunately and I mean unfortunately because i greatly admired the stand he took against apartheid as well as against the treatment of refugees in australia. He also should be recognised as well for his role in Care Australia over many years.
I would have admired him much more if he had just come out and said that what he did was wrong, that it should never happen in a democracy like Australia. Gough Whitlam seemed to have forgiven him over the years however.