Spotlight: A night at the opera — How Whitlam and Kerr fell out
Sep 21, 2022•16 min•Ep. 785
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Episode description
After a 10-year legal battle, the “palace letters” were finally released. In full, they show how Gough Whitlam’s relationship with the governor-general broke down - and how involved the Queen was through this collapse.
Today, we revisit our episode from 2020 with chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Karen Middleton.
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