The Palace Letters explained
The Briefing15 Jul 2020

The Palace Letters explained

For 45 years letters between the Queen and Australia’s Governor General have been kept secret. This week, against the Queen's wishes this series of private letters were released.

On todays episode our guest is the Gough Whitlam biographer who fought for the palace papers to be released in court - Australian Historian Emeritus Professor Jenny Hocking from Monash University. We're also joined by Niki Savva - was in Canberra at the time of the dismissal.

In today's news headlines:

  • $2.5b rescue package for young workers on the way
  • Pokemon Go, KFC: the ridiculous reasons Victorians are breaching lockdown
  • AFL moving north for the rest of the home and away season
  • Young people drinking, using fewer drugs than their parents

In today's Briefing we ask: what is in the palace letters? What do they mean for Australia now?

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