Jenny Hocking: why my battle for access to the 'Palace letters' should matter to all Australians
- Written by Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University
Independent AustraliaProfessor Jenny Hocking recently won her longstanding campaign for the National Archives of Australia to release the so-called “Palace letters” about the dismissal of Gough Whitlam in 1975. This is her account of that campaign.
In August 1975, speaking at a private dinner at Sydney’s Wentworth Hotel,...