Australia s governor-general Sir Ninian Stephen spilled the beans to Buckingham Palace on Hawke s plan to change the citizenship pledge,
leaving out an oath of loyalty to the Queen.
While many of the letters are quite candid, their release after so many years is hardly damaging, and the efforts to keep them secret for so long are again shown to be absurd.
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It’s welcome news and a bit of a surprise, given Premier Mark McGowan has been throwing stones at the only two states to have signed up, NSW and Victoria.