Watergate scandal

=== Australia ===
Australian Prime Minister [[Gough Whitlam]] referred to the American presidency's "parlous position" without the direct wording of the Watergate scandal during [[Question Time]] in May 1973.<ref>[[Hansard#Australia|Hansard]], May 30, 1973 [https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/hansard80/hansardr80/1973-05-30/0011/hansard_frag.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929162544/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/hansard80/hansardr80/1973-05-30/0011/hansard_frag.pdf;fileType%3Dapplication%252Fpdf|date=September 29, 2019}}</ref> The following day responding to a question upon "the vital importance of future United States–Australia relations", Whitlam parried that the usage of the word 'Watergate' was not his.<ref>[[Hansard#Australia|Hansard]], May 31, 1973 [https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/hansard80/hansardr80/1973-05-31/0004/hansard_frag.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002063938/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/hansard80/hansardr80/1973-05-31/0004/hansard_frag.pdf;fileType%3Dapplication%252Fpdf|date=October 2, 2019}}</ref> [[Australia–United States relations|United States–Australia relations]] have been considered to have figured as influential when, in November 1975, Australia experienced its own [[1975 Australian constitutional crisis|constitutional crisis]] which led to the dismissal of the Whitlam Government by [[Sir John Kerr]], the [[Governor-General of Australia|Australian Governor-General]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/unholy-fury-review-insightful-account-of-whitlamnixon-spat-20150525-gh2mr9.html |title=Unholy Fury review |date=May 15, 2015 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=August 7, 2017 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810210350/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/unholy-fury-review-insightful-account-of-whitlamnixon-spat-20150525-gh2mr9.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Max Suich has suggested that the US was involved in ending the Whitlam government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/whitlam-death-revives-doubts-of-us-role-in-his-sacking-20141030-11erze |title=Whitlam death revives doubts of US role in his sacking |last=Suich |first=Max |date=November 3, 2014 |publisher=[[Australian Financial Review]] |access-date=September 29, 2019 |archive-date=September 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929041838/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/whitlam-death-revives-doubts-of-us-role-in-his-sacking-20141030-11erze |url-status=live }}</ref>