The former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam died Tuesday at the age of 98 here, media reported.
Members of parliament, including Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Labor leader Bill Shorten, paid tribute to the former Labor Prime Minister, Western Australia Today reported.
The Australian Labor Party released a statement on the death of the former Prime Minister.
Whitlam had served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia for a period of three years starting from Dec 5, 1972.
He was the Leader of the Labor Party from 1967 to 1977.
