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Welche Rolle spielte die Königin in den Plänen des Generalgouverneurs Sir John Kerr, Premierminister Gough Whitlam im Jahr 1975 zu entlassen, die eine der spaltendsten Episoden in der politischen Geschichte Australiens entfesselt hat? Und warum wurde uns nicht gesagt?
Unter dem Deckmantel der Bezeichnung als private Korrespondenz wurden die Briefe zwischen der Königin und dem Generalgouverneur über die Entlassung seit Jahrzehnten in den National Archives of Australia eingesperrt und von der Königin möglicherweise für immer embargoiert. Diese List hat die Fiktion gefördert, dass die Königin und der Palast keine Warnung oder Rolle in Kerrs Handlungen hatten.
Angesichts dessen begann Professor Jenny Hocking einen vierjährigen Rechtskampf, um die Archive zu zwingen, die Briefe zu veröffentlichen. Im Jahr 2015 startete sie eine Crowd-finanzierte Kampagne und sicherte sich ein hervorragendes Profi-Bono-Team, das ihren Fall bis zum High Court of Australia brachte.
Nun zeichnet Hocking auf nie zuvor veröffentlichtes Material aus Kerrs Archiven und ihren Einreichungen vor dem Gericht nach, die Absprache und Täuschung hinter der Entlassung und zeichnet die private Rolle der Richter des High Court, der Privatsekretärin der Königin und des Anführers der Opposition, Malcolm Fraser, in Kerrs Aktionen und das Vorwissen über die Königin und Prinz Charles auf.
Hocking enthüllt auch die Hindernisse, Intrigen und Doppelzüngigkeit, mit der sie konfrontiert war, und wirft störende Fragen über die Rolle der Nationalarchive auf, um den Zugang zu seinem eigenen historischen Material zu verhindern und das königliche Geheimnis über seine Dokumente durchzusetzen.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. A political betrayal.A constitutional crisis.A hidden correspondence.Gough Whitlam was a progressive prime minister whose reign from 1972 proved tumultuous after 23 years of conservative government in Australia. After a second election victory in May 1974, when a hostile Senate refused to vote on his 1975 budget, the political deadlock that ensued culminated in Whitlam's unexpected and deeply controversial dismissal by the governor-general, Sir John Kerr.Kerr was in close touch with the Palace during this period, but, under the cover of being designated as personal, that correspondence was locked away in the National Archives, and embargoed by the Queen - potentially forever. This ruse denied the Australian people access to critical information about one of the most divisive episodes in the nation's history.In the face of this, Professor Jenny Hocking embarked on what would become a ten-year campaign and a four-year legal battle to force the Archives to release the letters. In May 2020, despite being opposed by the Archives, Buckingham Palace, and the full resources of the federal government, she won her historic case in the High Court.The Palace Letters is the ground-breaking account of her indomitable fight. Drawing on material from the Palace letters, Kerr's archives, and her submissions to the courts, Hocking traces the collusion and deception behind the dismissal, and charts the secret role of High Court judges, the leader of the opposition, Malcolm Fraser, and the Queen's private secretary in fostering and supporting Kerr's actions.Hocking also reveals the obstruction, intrigue, and duplicity she faced during her campaign, raising disturbing questions about the role of the National Archives in fighting access to these historic letters and in enforcing, against Australia's national interests, royal secrecy over its own documents.'Riveting . Vital Australian history.'-Nicole Abadee, Sydney Morning Herald'An absorbing legal drama interspersed by accounts of other archival discoveries that spiced her determination to access the Palace Letters.'-Paul Strangio, The Age'The Palace Letters is a significant and original contribution to our understanding of Australian politics. Accessibly written, it combines the adventure of a detective story with a scholarly meditation on Australian constitutionalism and sheds new light on previously unknown aspects of the Whitlam dismissal, in particular the continuing capacity of British Monarchs and their representatives profoundly to influence Australian political events. The book is also an object lesson concerning the challenges of archival research as it also tells the story behind the research materials upon which much of the study rests. The Palace Letters stands as a testament to the importance of our national archives and to the necessity for these to be accessible and transparent if our historical record is to be preserved.'-Judging panel comments from the Henry Mayer Book Prize 2021 Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781922310248
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