Australian Republicans are excited by the High Court’s ruling to release the so-called ‘Palace letters’.
The 200 or so letters, which contain exchanges between the Queen and the Governor-General around Gough Whitlam’s dismissal in 1975, weren’t meant to be released until later this decade.
Whitlam’s November 1975 dismissal is a wrenching episode in Australian political history.
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