Comment Re:It doesnt matter... (Score 1) 304
The Queen didn't dismiss the Whitlam government. The Queen wasn't consulted. Governor-General John Kerr acted in cahoots with Leader of the Opposition Malcolm Fraser. The Queen had no knowledge. When Whitlam was asked what he would have done if he had found out about the plot he replied that he would have advised the Queen to dismiss the Governor-General and the Queen would have been bound by convention to act on his advice to her - hardly proof that the Queen has "real power".