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If the Judiciary shouldn’t, who should advise the Governor-General?
Posted on 2012/08/29 by a1021683
This week, further information was revealed on the role of Sir Anthony Mason in advising the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, in the events leading up to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s dismissal in 1975. The revelations raise renewed interest in the propriety of the Judiciary advising the Governor-General in times of constitutional crisis. Gabrielle Appleby considers […]
Posted in Government & Citizenship, Research
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Tagged 1975, Attorney-General, constitutional law, dismissal, Gough Whitlam, Governor-General, Public Law and Policy Research Unit (PLPRU), Sir Anthony Mason, Sir Garfield Barwick, Sir John Kerr, Solicitor-General
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