The 'Palace letters' - correspondence between the Queen and Australian governor-general Sir John Kerr in the lead-up to the Whitlam government's dismissal - will be released to the public later today. 9News
Professor Jenny Hocking who brought the successful High Court action said keeping the letters secret only fuels public distrust.Australian prime minister Gough WhitlamThe events of 1975 marked the only time an Australian prime minister has been dismissed by the monarch.
"The whole idea of a Governor-General is that he acts in concert with his Prime Minister. He should be talking to his prime minister. He doesn't act alone." Uhlmann said the letters may show the Queen knew more about the greatest constitutional crisis in Australian history than she previously alluded to.
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