 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - John Gorton akava Mutungamiriri wehurumende yeAustralia musi wa 10 January 1968. Akasarudzwa kutungamirira Liberal Party panzvimbo yaHarold Holt, uyo akanga anyuramumvura yakaoma pamhenderekedzo yeVictorian. William McMahon akanga achishanda seMutevedzeri weMutungamiri weLiberal Party, asi mutungamiri weParty Party John McEwen akaramba kuchengetedza Coalition kana McMahon akava Prime Minister. McMahon saMuchengeti wePfuma akanga aramba kutsigirwa kwaMcEwen nokuda kwemwero yakakwirira yokudzivirira kugadzira. Dziviriro uye kuzvipira kweAustralia kuhondo yeVietnam yaive nyaya yakatanhamara panguva yeGorton Hurumende; mari yehunyanzvi yakawedzerwa, mibairo yakaenzana pakati pevarume nevakadzi uye indasitiri yemigodhi yakakura panguva iyi. Gadziriro yezvemari yokudzora zvinhu yakaita kuti pave nokusawirirana nevatungamiriri vehurumende uye zvinetso mukati mekubatana. Gorton akasiya hofisi yeMutungamiri weHurumende musi wa 10 Kurume 1971 mushure mekubatana kweLiberal party kamuri vhoti yekuvimba muhutungamiri hwake. 