Why does Australia still bother with the monarchy, anyway?
Labor prime minister, a man whose face and words still adorn fashionable tote bags, was sacked by Queen Elizabeth II’s representative. As if this wasn’t strange enough, until Tuesday, Australians didn’t know who—if anyone—authorized it.
Still, the governor-general’s role is mostly ceremonial and is not supposed to involve taking sides in political disputes. Whitlam’s removal came as a massive shock to Whitlam and to the Australian public—particularly the left.
The letters show that the queen was not explicitly told of Whitlam’s impending dismissal, nor did she order it, but that the palace consulted at length in Kerr’s monthslong deliberations, offering legal advice and encouragement as he weighed his options and powers . The government and the opposition seemed unable to reach a compromise, with the opposition claiming Kerr should sack Whitlam if he could not state how he would break the deadlock.
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