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Secret

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The Making of Australia's Security State

by Brian Toohey
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Publication Date: 03/09/2019
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Brian Toohey draws on decades of inquiries into national security to examine governing by stealth.

Australia is less secure than it has ever been and the greatest threat comes from our elected government. Political leaders increasingly promote secrecy, ignorance and fear to introduce new laws that undermine individual liberties and safety.

It is a criminal offence to receive or publish a wide range of information unrelated to national security. Our defence weapons are so dependent on US technical support that Australia couldn't defend itself without US involvement. And comprehensive databases on citizens' digital fingerprints and facial recognition characteristics are being amassed by the Commonwealth.

Conspiracy? Paranoia? Read Secret: The Making of Australia's Security State and you decide. Fresh archival material and revealing details of conversations between former CIA, US State Department and Australian officials will make you reconsider the world around you.

ISBN:
9780522872804
9780522872804
Category:
Political control & freedoms
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03-09-2019
Publisher:
Melbourne University Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
400
Dimensions (mm):
232x154x36mm
Weight:
0.55kg
Brian Toohey

Brian Toohey is a columnist with the Australian Financial Review who has also written for The Nikkei Asia Review, The West Australian, The Sunday Age and other publications. He was editor of The National Times and a Canberra and Washington correspondent for AFR. He is the author or co-author of four books - Oyster: The Story of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service; Tumbling Dice: The Story of Modern Economic Policy; The Book of Leaks and The Winchester Scandal. Among other subjects, he has written extensively about national security policy since 1973.

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This book by Brian Toohey has exposed a number of issues about Pine Gap and other bases within Australia. In many cases, suspicions about their Security significance, either good or bad, have now been revealed to the Public.

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"Secret" is an essential read for anyone interested in Australian politics. Brian Toohey is a highly experienced investigative journalist who has knowledge and experience in the workings of Australian political parties and governments. The book shows where Australia has been deceived by the United States over important security matters. We are not innocent either. The whole issue of ethics in security matters...when are lies allowable? Does Australia spy on others illegally, and they on us? What is kept secret for public interest and what is hidden to save embarrassment? It is a timely read when the powers of Australian Security Agencies and Ministers are being increased as never before. Toohey writes in an absorbing way. He makes you think by presenting the reader with the facts.

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