Hocking: letters between Queen's secretary and Kerr are scandalous

Sally Whyte
Updated July 14 2020 - 7:37pm, first published 6:00pm
Professor Jenny Hocking says she will take more time to fully investigate the implications of the palace letters. Picture: AAP
Professor Jenny Hocking says she will take more time to fully investigate the implications of the palace letters. Picture: AAP

Historian Jenny Hocking has says the extent to which former governor-general Sir John Kerr continually wrote to the Queen, informing her of Australian political matters was "startling" and some of the communication was "scandalous".

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Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

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