Q: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
One notable instance of the Governor-General acting outside the advice of the Prime Minister of the day , when Governor-General Sir John Kerr , acting on his own authority , dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis .
A:
Governor-General Sir John Kerr , acting on his own , dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis .