Original sentence: On 11 November 1975, the Governor-General dismissed Whitlam as Prime Minister and appointed his Liberal opponent Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister; coalition Senators then approved the appropriation bills and Fraser subsequently called the 1975 federal election which saw the coalition win a majority in the House of Representatives, thus resolving the crisis.The Australian constitutional crisis of 1975, commonly called The Dismissal, refers to the events that culminated with the removal by Governor-General Sir John Kerr of Australia's then Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam and appointing the Leader of the Opposition Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister.The Senate deferred voting on the annual Budget bills that appropriated funds for government expenditure, attempting to force the Prime Minister to call an election.The Whitlam Government simultaneously dismissed the calls and attempted to pressure Liberal Senators to support the bills while also exploring alternative means to fund government expenditure.The impasse extended into weeks, the threat of the government failing to meet its financial obligations being ever present
Edited sentence: Coalition senators then approved the delayed appropriation bills.On 11 November, 1975, the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, in line with chief justice Sir Garfield Barwick's advice, dismissed Whitlam as prime minister and appointed Malcolm Fraser to head a short-term interim government.The Australian constitutional crisis of 1975, commonly called "the Dismissal", was precipitated by politically motivated obstruction of government supply bills and culminated in the removal by Governor-General Sir John Kerr of Australia's then prime minister, Gough Whitlam, and appointment of the opposition leader, Malcolm Fraser, as caretaker prime minister.The Senate deferred voting on the annual budget bills that appropriated funds for government expenditure, attempting to force the prime minister to call an election.The Whitlam government simultaneously dismissed calls for an election and attempted to pressure Liberal senators to support the bills while also exploring alternative means to fund government expenditure.The crisis was thus technically resolved but has never ceased to be an issue of contentious public debate.The impasse extended into weeks, with an ever-present threat that the government would fail to meet its financial obligations.Writs were issued for a 13 December election at which the conservative coalition led by Fraser won a 55-seat majority in the House of Representatives