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Spotlight: A night at the opera — How Whitlam and Kerr fell out

Sep 22, 2022 •

After a 10-year legal battle, the “palace letters” were finally released. In full, they show how Gough Whitlam’s relationship with the governor-general broke down - and how involved the Queen was through this collapse.

Today, we revisit our episode from 2020 with chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Karen Middleton.

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Spotlight: A night at the opera — How Whitlam and Kerr fell out

785 • Sep 22, 2022

Spotlight: A night at the opera — How Whitlam and Kerr fell out

After a 10-year legal battle, the “palace letters” were finally released. In full, they show how Gough Whitlam’s relationship with the governor-general broke down - and how involved the Queen was through this collapse.

Today, we revisit our episode from 2020 with chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Karen Middleton.

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7am is a daily show from The Monthly and The Saturday Paper. It’s produced by Kara Jensen-Mackinnon, Alex Tighe, Cheyne Anderson and Zoltan Fecso.

Our technical producer is Atticus Bastow.

Brian Campeau mixes the show. Our editor is Scott Mitchell. Erik Jensen is our editor-in-chief.

Our theme music is by Ned Beckley and Josh Hogan of Envelope Audio.


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