Constitutional expert Professor Anne Twomey is quick off the mark with her take on the critical elements of the Palace Letters. She says that the primary sources end the conspiracy theories abroad since 1975 by establishing that our Head of State in London was not involved in the decision made by the Governor-General to dismiss Prime Minister Whitlam and commission the Opposition to form a new government. Click on the link to read her commentary on the Palace Letters. [“‘Palace letters’ show the Queen did not advise, or encourage, Kerr to sack Whitlam Government” by Anne Twomey, The Conversation online, 14 July 2020]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
