Secret
The Making of Australia's Security State
$71.87
- Paperback
277 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2019
Summary
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 comprehensiv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522872804 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0522872808 |
| Author: | Brian Toohey |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 277 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 547g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 153mm x 231mm |
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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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