Tag: John Kerr
‘Palace letters’ reveal the palace’s fingerprints on the dismissal of the Whitlam government
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The “palace letters” show the Australian Constitution’s susceptibility to self-interested behaviour by individual vice-regal representatives. They also reveal the vulnerability of...
The big reveal: Jenny Hocking on what the ‘palace letters’ may tell us, finally, about The Dismissal
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Forty-five years after they were written, hundreds of previously secret letters between the queen and the governor-general of Australia,...
Jenny Hocking: why my battle for access to the ‘Palace letters’ should matter to all Australians
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Professor Jenny Hocking recently won her longstanding campaign for the National Archives of Australia to release the so-called “Palace letters” about the...
High Court ruling on ‘Palace letters’ case paves way to learn more about The Dismissal – and our Constitution
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The High Court has ruled that Sir John Kerr’s correspondence with the queen comprises “Commonwealth records”. This means access to them is...