It is notable that the piece's primary author (as noted at the end) wrote a two volume biography of Whitlam. I'm not going to pretend to be informed enough abo

It is notable that the piece's primary author (as noted at the end) wrote a two volume biography of Whitlam. I'm not going to pretend to be informed enough about the overall events and motivations to have an opinion, but it does seem likely that the piece's overall tone is likely to be affected by that fact.