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Palace letters describe country on 'collision course of historic proportions'

Kirsten Lawson
Updated July 14 2020 - 7:42pm, first published 6:00pm
The Queen. Picture: Shutterstock
The Queen. Picture: Shutterstock

Sir John Kerr was spurred to dismiss former prime minister Gough Whitlam partly by the fear that Mr Whitlam would go to the Queen first and demand the governor-general's removal, his letters reveal.

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Kirsten Lawson

Kirsten Lawson

Political reporter

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