Gough Whitlam was dismissed on the front steps of Old Parliament House on November 11, 1975. Photo: Rounak Amini/AAP PHOTOS

Former prime minister Paul Keating has revealed he would have put the governor-general who sacked the Whitlam government under arrest, while the current head of state has all but ruled out a repeat of the notorious dismissal.

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Mr Whitlam was fired on November 11, 1975 by then-governor-general Sir John Kerr due to a parliamentary deadlock that meant the government was rapidly running out of money to run programs and pay public servants.

Describing the saga as "d

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