During Australia's constitutional crisis of 1975, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam addresses reporters outside the Parliament building in Canberra after his dismissal by Australia's Governor-General, 11th November 1975. Kerr named opposition leader Malcolm Fraser to lead a caretaker government until elections in December. Pic: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam has died.
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His children Antony, Nicholas and Stephen Whitlam and Catherine Dovey issued the statement Tuesday morning.
"Our father, Gough Whitlam, has died this morning at the age of 98," the statement said. "A loving and generous father, he was a source of inspiration to us and our families and for millions of Australians."
There will be a private cremation and a public memorial service.
Labor MPs are already paying tribute to their former leader.
A meeting of federal caucus is scheduled for Tuesday morning and it's understood Labor leader Bill Shorten will make his first statement about Gough Whitlam's death then.
More to come
Former PM Gough Whitlam dead
