02277nam 2200373 450 991081728070332120200807144500.00-522-87282-4(CKB)4100000009265240(MiAaPQ)EBC5894033(EXLCZ)99410000000926524020191004d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSecret the making of Australia's security state /Brian TooheyCarlton, Victoria :Melbourne University Publishing,[2019]©20191 online resource (373 pages)0-522-87280-8 The clandestine agencies -- An ideal place for dangerous tests and dangerous bases -- ANZUS : the treaty without a security guarantee -- The Whitlam era -- Australia's sovereignty claims -- the ambititious to the supine -- Trying to plug the leaks -- Liberty lost -- Thirteen wars -- only one a war of necessity for Australia -- Nuclear risks are every present -- The changing of the guard.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.AustraliaPolitics and government320.994Toohey Brian1690657MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817280703321Secret4066484UNINA