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019			_a000068125051
020			_a9781922310248 _qAustralian edition
020			_a9781913348472 _qUK edition
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082	0	4	_a344.94092 _223
099			_a344.94092 _bHOC
100	1		_aHocking, Jenny, _eauthor. _9103083
245	1	4	_aThe palace letters : _bthe Queen, the governor-general, and the plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam / _cJenny Hocking ; foreword by Malcolm Turnbull.
264		1	_aBrunswick, Victoria : _bScribe, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2020.
300			_axvi, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aWhat role did the queen play in the governor-general Sir John Kerr's plans to dismiss prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975, which unleashed one of the most divisive episodes in Australia's political history? And why weren't we told? Under the cover of being designated as private correspondence, the letters between the queen and the governor-general about the dismissal have been locked away for decades in the National Archives of Australia, and embargoed by the queen potentially forever. This ruse has furthered the fiction that the queen and the Palace had no warning of or role in Kerr's actions. In the face of this, Professor Jenny Hocking embarked on a four-year legal battle to force the Archives to release the letters. In 2015, she mounted a crowd-funded campaign, securing a stellar pro bono team that took her case all the way to the High Court of Australia. Now, drawing on never-before-published material from Kerr's archives and her submissions to the court, Hocking traces the collusion and deception behind the dismissal, and charts the private role of High Court judges, the queen's private secretary, and the leader of the opposition, Malcolm Fraser, in Kerr's actions, and the prior knowledge of the queen and Prince Charles. Hocking also reveals the obstruction, intrigue, and duplicity she faced, raising disturbing questions about the role of the National Archives in preventing access to its own historical material and in enforcing royal secrecy over its documents.
600	1	0	_aHocking, Jenny _xTrials, litigation, etc. _9134542
600	1	0	_aKerr, John, _cSir, _d1914-1991 _xCorrespondence. _9134543
610	2	0	_aNational Archives of Australia. _9134544
650		0	_aArchives _xLaw and legislation _zAustralia. _9134545
650		0	_aFreedom of information _zAustralia. _927442
650		0	_aConspiracies _zAustralia. _9134546
700	1		_aTurnbull, Malcolm, _d1954- _ewriter of foreword.
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