Paul Keating would have put the governor-general who sacked the Whitlam government under police arrest, the former prime minister has revealed, 50 years on from the "destructive" dismissal that defined Australian politics.

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Former prime minister Gough Whitlam was dismissed on the front steps of Old Parliament House on November 11, 1975, over a deadlock which could have seen Australia run out of money for crucial services.

Liberal leader Malcolm Fraser had refused to pass Mr Whitlam's budget, leading to a constitutional crisis Governor-General Si

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