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National Archives of Australia Director-General David Ficker speaks, in Canberra, Tuesday, July 14, 2020, about the release of more than 1,200 pages of letters between Queen Elizabeth II's office and Governor-General Sir John Kerr from August 1974 to December 1977. Queen Elizabeth II's office assured her representative in Australia he had the power to bring down the Australian government a week before he took the extraordinary move in 1975 and created a political crisis, according to the released letters. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Queen’s Australia rep was assured of power before ‘75 crisis

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, eats a blueberry during a visit to markets in Sydney, Thursday, May 16, 2019. A federal election will be held in Australian on Saturday May 18, 2019. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australian prime minister predicts close election result

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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2005 file photo, former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam watches as a film clip of his resignation speech plays behind him during a lunch in Sydney, Australia. Historian, Professor Jenny Hocking, is going to court in July, 2017 in an attempt to force Australian authorities to release secret letters that would reveal what Queen Elizabeth II knew of her representative's shocking scheme to dismiss Australia's government more than 40 years ago. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Historian asks Australian court to reveal Queen’s letters

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