The great Australian journalist Brian Toohey’s book “Fifty Years Before The Mastheads” launched today. Thanks Brian for all you are doing to tells Aussies and the world what’s really going on. QD
Prof Jenny Hocking
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Award winning best selling author The Palace Letters, biographer Gough Whitlam, Lionel Murphy, Frank Hardy. Now on ABC iview The Search for the Palace Letters https://iview.abc.net.au/show/search-for-the-palace-letters
Sir Anthony Mason's High Court Mabo ruling overturned the British Crown's fiction of terra nullius = transformative. But his secret advice to GG Kerr leading to PM Whitlam's sacking was egregiously unethical: Em Prof Jenny Hocking >> johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...
Anthony Mason’s legacy – and the shadow of the dismissal
Anthony Mason reshaped Australian law as Chief Justice – but his concealed role in the Whitlam dismissal casts a lasting shadow over that legacy.
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He is begging like a dog, one might say. This war and Trump’s alienation of our allies may go down as among the greatest foreign policy failures of any presidency in history.
I'm thrilled to present the National Archives' 1st Speakers' Corner 2026 on the secret history of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam: The collusion, the coup, & the cover-up. "Uncovering the hidden history of the Whitlam dismissal" FREE Wed 18 Feb 5pm #auspol www.eventbrite.com.au/e/speakers-c...
Speakers' Corner: Uncovering the hidden history of the Whitlam dismissal
What do the Palace Letters reveal about the role of the Queen in the dismissal of the Whitlam government?
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As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi. A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
Albanese has I think showed very strong leadership in the wake of the Bondi massacre. Has not attempted to self aggrandise as others have, has stayed out of the gutter politicking by Ley and Frydenberg. Got on with tightening gun laws.
Prof Julianne Schultz's powerful reflection on the horrific Bondi attack and its fraught political aftermath: 'a targeted killing of Jewish Australians and an attack on the very idea of the nation as an inclusive society of fairness and tolerance' #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the Bondi vigil, Pauline and Barnaby turned tragedy into opportunism. It is inexcusable | Julianne Schultz
Hanson has done more than any other politician to foster division in Australia. Her words to mourners after the horrific attack ring hollow
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ABC News Australia doing what BBC News haven't done yet, name the Bondi Beach hero: Inala Cooper, "What I was reflecting on this morning was the footage of the civilian, the unarmed man, Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 year old fruit shop owner"
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
My thoughts on the dismissal of the Whitlam govt. 50 years later - the language of the dismissal has shifted to now acknowledge, as the PM described, a ‘calculated plot’ to remove an elected govt #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
A calculated plot, an ambush, a coup
Five decades on from the dismissal of the Whitlam government, Australia is seeing a notable shift in the narrative that now recognises it as a calculated coup, and an assault on the conventions of gov...
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My thoughts on the dismissal of the Whitlam govt. 50 years later - the language of the dismissal has shifted to now acknowledge, as the PM described, a ‘calculated plot’ to remove an elected govt #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
A calculated plot, an ambush, a coup
Five decades on from the dismissal of the Whitlam government, Australia is seeing a notable shift in the narrative that now recognises it as a calculated coup, and an assault on the conventions of gov...
johnmenadue.com
Dr John Jiggens on evidence of royal involvement in Gough Whitlam's dismissal & the fiction that the Queen was not involved. Greg Barns SC: 'There's no doubt that Buckingham Palace knew' #auspol independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Republic campaign reignited by evidence of royal involvement in Whitlam sacking
Fresh scrutiny of royal interference in Whitlam’s Dismissal has renewed calls for Australia to finally become a republic.
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Aust. peaked at 55% electricity from renewables in October on the path to meeting 2030 target. Libs are an irrelevant & unelectable rabble by dumping net zero #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/australias-m...
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Member event: Sunday 16 November Labour History Society (SA) General Meeting featuring: 'Remembering the Sacking of the Whitlam Government 50 Years On'. Speakers: Dr Richie Gun AO, former Senator Chris Schacht, and Bill Denny AM BM. 📷credit: Gosford Library, CC BY-NC 2.0
My latest w Dr Matt Harvey: The Double Dismissal. Secrecy, deception & collusion in Whitlam's Dismissal: 'Geoffrey Robertson KC calls Royal approval the ‘sine qua non for the dismissal’. Without it, Robertson says, ‘Kerr would have stayed his hand’ #auspol www.flipsnack.com/whitlam/the-...
The Double Dismissal
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Something to read, something to watch. "The Palace Letters" by Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social and the documentary "The Search for the Palace Letters". Available to watch on ABC iview: iview.abc.net.au/show/search-... #auspol #Whitlam #Dismissal #RoyalFamily #PalaceLetters
‘Conventions were torn up like confetti, Fraser refused to resign as PM despite the no-confidence motion against him & Kerr refused to acknowledge the motion or receive the Speaker. The critical role played by Justice Anthony Mason re-emerges at this point’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Second Dismissal
In an extract from The Double Dismissal, Emeritus Professor Jenny Hocking, distinguished fellow of the Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University, and Dr Matt Harvey, senior lecturer at Victor...
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Alright Canberra. Let’s go! Whitlam Dismissal symposium time with @palaceletters.bsky.social and Matt Harvey, alongside a cast of thousands—
This was such a great day! A 50 year reflection on the dismissal of the Whitlam govt. Thank you @anatolitis.bsky.social and the wonderful Whitlam Institute #auspol
Esther Anatolitis@anatolitis.bsky.social · 9mo agoAlright Canberra. Let’s go! Whitlam Dismissal symposium time with @palaceletters.bsky.social and Matt Harvey, alongside a cast of thousands—
I'm delighted to be guest interviewee on 7News' The Issue discussing the dismissal of the Whitlam govt & the secret correspondence btwn Kerr and the Queen. Thank you Tim Lester! #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH_W...
The Whitlam dismissal and secret royal correspondence | THE ISSUE
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It's time—to understand our history and get serious about our future. Tuesday marks 50 years since the Dismissal; Monday I'll be speaking with Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social and Matt Harvey on their @whitlaminstitute.bsky.social paper "The Double Dismissal" events.humanitix.com/whitlam1975
The Whitlam Dismissal and the Crisis of November 1975
A one-day symposium on the most infamous Constitutional crisis in Australian political history: the Dismissal of Gough Whitlam.
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"The Palace had put out a statement soon after the Dismissal saying that they had no part to play in the decision that the Governor-General made. We now know that that is completely false." Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
John Menadue: “Charles was a very active participant in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam 50 years ago. Don’t make any mistake about that. Charles was up to his royal ears in it. He was not politically neutral. He sided with privilege and aristocracy.” johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11....
The Prince and the Dismissal
Anthony Albanese recently told us with bated breath from Balmoral Castle that Charles is someone who is very interested in Australia”. “Interested “would be an understatement.
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"Charles was a very active participant in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam 50 years ago...He was not politically neutral." @johnmenadue.com Mainstream media has been focused on the Andrew scandal. It's time©️ they paid as much attention to the king's meddling. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Prince and the Dismissal
Anthony Albanese recently told us with bated breath from Balmoral Castle that Charles is someone who is very interested in Australia”. “Interested “would be an understatement.
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It is nonsense to say the Queen was not involved. Her favourite courtier and she carry joint responsibility for the sacking of a government that had a clear majority in the Australian House of Representatives. #auspol #theDIsmissal #Whitlam
The Queen’s implausible denial
It beggars belief that the Queen did not know that John Kerr was planning to sack Gough Whitlam. She may not have known the detail of the coup in progress, but she knew the substance. But like Lord Ne...
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CNN: "A brand new report is out showing layoff announcements hit their highest level for October in over 20 years. It's painting a picture of a job market that is really hurting. US-based employers announced 150,074 job cuts in October, more than any October since 2003."
The mighty John Menadue on royal involvement in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam. 'Elaborate constructions of plausible denial will just not wash. The Palace went to extraordinary lengths to whitewash the role of the Queen & other royals including Charles' #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Queen’s implausible denial
It beggars belief that the Queen did not know that John Kerr was planning to sack Gough Whitlam. She may not have known the detail of the coup in progress, but she knew the substance. But like Lord Ne...
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"As we approach the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam by governor-general Sir John Kerr, new details about Queen Elizabeth II’s view of Kerr’s action have been found in the archives of former Canadian governor-general Jules Léger."
Peggy Sanders@peggysanders.bsky.social · 9mo agoJenny Hocking: Canada GG FOI records on Whitlam dismissal. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10....