Lost bid to stop Palace Letters cost $1m

By Rebecca Gredley
Updated October 22 2020 - 11:26am, first published 11:23am
Taxpayers footed a $1 million-plus legal bill to prevent the Palace Letters from being made public.
Taxpayers footed a $1 million-plus legal bill to prevent the Palace Letters from being made public.

Federal government agencies spent more than $1 million on a losing bid to stop the release of letters between the governor-general who dismissed Gough Whitlam and the Queen.