Why did Sir JOhn Ker dismiss the Whitlam government in 1975?

In 1975 Australia witnessed the most traumatic political upheaval since federation. The ‘Constitutional crisis’ of 1975 involved the principles and conventions of responsible government, the powers of the Senate underscored by the federal system, and the powers given to the Governor-General in the constitution. The governor-general at the time, Sir John Kerr, dismissed the Whitlam government in purported exercise of his powers under s.64 of the Constitution. He then commissioned a new government under the leadership of Mr. Malcolm Fraser, to ‘act as a caretaker Government and…make no appointments or dismissals or initiate new policies before a general election is held.’ The intervention of Sir John Kerr to remove the Whitlam government was due to the irreconcilable friction between the Senate and the House of Representatives. The essence of the crisis was the refusal of the Senate to pass a Supply bill until ‘the Government agrees to submit itself to the judgment of the p...