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...

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 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....

"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...

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

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...

"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."

Jenny Hocking: Canada GG FOI records on Whitlam dismissal. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10....

Episode 2 of Pearlcast revisits 11 Nov 1975 — the day the Governor-General dismissed the Whitlam govt. Catriona Jackson talks with Jenny Hocking and John Menadue about the shock, secrecy and constitutional revolt that changed Australia. #Auspol #Whitlam #Pearlcast #podcast

Lovely to get to talk with Ali Moore just now. Great to hear so many supporters of the future Australian republic calling the ABC! "Drunken megalomaniac acting on behalf of a dysfunctional family from the other side of the world" says one, referring to Kerr infamously dismissing Whitlam 🧐

Power does reveal what people are really like: what their base and true instincts are. That’s something I’ve learned watching people grow with the job, and certainly Gough Whitlam did. Power revealed the things he cared for. JM #auspol #Whillam

Such an honour to be in the very first Pearlcast podcast with living legend John Menadue about the dismissal of the Whitlam govt by the Queen's representative GG Kerr. The role of the Queen, Prince Charles, and the 'reserve powers' of the Crown. It's Time for an Aust. republic! #auspol

Such an honour to be in the very first Pearlfest podcast with living legend John Menadue about the dismissal of the Whitlam govt by the Queen's representative GG Kerr. The role of the Queen, Prince Charles, and the 'reserve powers' of the Crown. It's Time for an Aust. republic! #auspol

Australians will be getting 3 hours of free electricity a day because of how many people have installed solar - this is seriously huge considering the massive solar uptake in Australia happened while the federal government delayed action on climate www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

The Australian government has announced it will impose a 10% local content quota on video streamers operating in Australia. It will apply to services with more than 1 million local subscribers. The bill will be introduced to Parliament this week.

#PODCAST “The Dismissal” 1975. The most anti #democracy event in #auspol in my lifetime (so far). The Whitlam government, for all its flaws & stuff ups, left an extraordinary legacy of reforms. That reformist zeal is missing now from @australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social government. Guts?

Fascinating interviews with, among others, John Menadue who was Secretary Prime Minister and Cabinet on November 11. Episode 1 - The 50th anniversary of the Whitlam government johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

"The Australian Wars" (2025) The history of over 150 years of battles, massacres and guerilla warfare as Indigenous nations resisted colonial invasion and occupation of their lands. Editors: Rachel Perkins, Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray & Henry Reynolds. HB 4Nov2025. 416p. #Australia #history #BookSky

Even the big iron ore miner, Fortecue, says its time to rein in Australia’s $10 billion per year expenditure on diesel fuel subsidies…imagine all the housing, renewables and cheap education we could have if we took #climate or tax policy seriously. thepoint.com.au/news/251031-...

This is such a fascinating chat with Jenny Hocking on the Whitlam dismissal, the impenetrable nature of Australia’s archives on this issue, what her years of dogged research has revealed and what remains cloaked in secrecy …also a few suggestions on reviewing the constitution…

Well done Victoria on passing Australia's first treaty with it's first nations people.

An utter privilege to ask Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social the burning Whitlam Dismissal questions of the Crikey team and subscribers. I was gobsmacked at several points, but I think I hid it ok? Watch on YouTube. Listen (or watch) on Spotify, Apple Pods or web player. #auspol

It was great to speak to @crystaljane.bsky.social about Governor-General Kerr's dismissal of PM Gough Whitlam and the Whitlam govt - so much interest in this momentous event 50 years later and so much more still to be told. Listen to Crikey's CutThrough podcast and find out! #auspol

Fifty years after the dismissal of #Whitlam, it is a national disgrace that the full story is still yet to be told, as more than a thousand files relating to the dismissal remain closed by the National Archives of Australia. @palaceletters #auspol

nit.com.au/28-10-2025/2... Great article by Jesse J Fleay

UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories of Gaza and the West Bank Francesca Albanese will be on ABC #RadioNational's #LateNightLive with David Marr Wed 29Oct25 10pm. 📻

Thank you @asauthors.bsky.social and @apraamcos.bsky.social for leading urgent national calls to ensure tech giants can’t feed artists’ and writers’ work to AI monsters without consent and payment. Great to see Attorney-General Michelle Rowland axe TDM exemptions: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Whitlam dismissal secrets revealed in newly released 'Palace letters' btw Canadian G-G & the Queen at time of Kerr's dismissal of Gough Whitlam. Why are hundreds of files still closed by our Nat. Archives? 'It's Time' - to release the dismissal archives! #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/27/w...

What was once seen as the solo action of an isolated governor-general, we now recognise as a carefully planned vice-regal intervention steeped in secrecy, collusion and intrigue, writes historian Jenny Hocking.

This is the first indication from Sir John Kerr that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of Gough Whitlam, writes historian Jenny Hocking.

MAINTAIN YOUR RAGE AND ENTHUSIASM 🔥 The first piece in my new Gough Whitlam series - commissioned by MOAD (at Old Parliament House) to mark 50 years since his dismissal, and to honour the bold, reform-heavy legacy that shaped modern Australia. Available now: tinyurl.com/5x8wcmyb

This is the first indication from Sir John Kerr that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of Gough Whitlam, historian @palaceletters.bsky.social writes.

"this newly released Canadian material is the first time the queen’s own approval has been directly canvassed by Kerr." Great work from @palaceletters.bsky.social. And it’s time for "the archives to open all of its files on the dismissal of the Whitlam government" 🎯👏👏👏 #TheDismissal #auspol

For those in Australian Labor criticising PM Albanese's exquisite management of the the unstable US President Trump, as a capitulation, should reflect on the words of former PM Gough Whitlam, when dealing with those who would only accept policy purity: ''certainly the impotent are pure''.

'Democracy is incompatible w notions of foreign interference, privileged individuals & secrets kept from citizens.. the role of the “crown” or the Queen’s Aust representative in Whitlam's dismissal suggests we cannot be democratic until we become a republic' #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

#auspol 1965. Gough Whitlam talks about his war years.

It’s a fabulous read! Went to the Sydney conversation last week..

What a delight it was! Wonderful book by Esther Anatolitis When Australia became a Republic and such a lively in-conversation. Do yourself a favour everyone and buy a copy of this gem! #auspol

So looking forward to this! Melburnians please join me in conversation w Esther Anatolitis about her new book, When Australia Became a Republic - it's marvellous btw - Wed 15 Oct 6pm Readings Carlton. So much to discuss, bookings essential and it's free! #auspol www.readings.com.au/events/esthe...

What a fine evening we’re in for!

“In her snappy little book When Australia Became a Republic, Esther Anatolitis documents the long, slow history of political change…” Big thanks to the always brilliant @juliannes.bsky.social for including When Australia Became a Republic in her column today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Really looking forward to this! Melburnians please join me in conversation w the wonderful Esther Anatolitis celebrating the launch of her book ’When Australia became a republic’, a fascinating look at Australia, politics, the Whitlam dismissal & so much more! Wed 15 Oct 6pm Readings Carlton #auspol

A republic in the too-hard basket www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/interna... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au 50 years after the dismissal of the Whitlam government, Australia is still not “a fully independent nation”, our becoming a Republic remains stuck in the too-hard basket.

The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe "ARM bandits"

Australia's transition to renewables is booming! Renewables overtook coal for the first time on a monthly basis in September in Australia's main grid #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-o...

Terrific from Henry Reynolds on PM‘s retreat from an Aust republic. Albanese ‘paid homage to our official head of state a hereditary aristocrat living on the other side of the world & who as a young man was complicit in the removal of PM Whitlam 50 years ago’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Sarah Ferguson shreds Ted O’Brien on #abc730 after he attributes Andrew Hastie’s s/media posts as “robust debate” then can’t answer why LNP failed to bail out the car industry Ferguson “your robust debate that you want to see doesn’t extend to a discussion on the car industry”🔥

Tom McIlroy‘s excellent report on PM Albanese’s powerful UN speech and global recognition for Australia’s action on climate change which domestic commentators still fail to acknowledge #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...