Australia's Spies and their Secrets

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This work tells the inside story of the creation, rise and fall of ASIO - Australia's premier spy organization. Based on thousands of documents, and interviews with over 40 former ASIO officers, it outlines the secret dimension to Australia's politics and history since 1945. The book rewrites the known history of the Petrov Royal Commission and the role of Menzies and Evatt; it outlines actual instances of genuine espionage in Australia in the 1960s; it tells how a gigantic system of security dossiers on ordinary Australians was built up; and tells the extraordinary story of ASIO and the Whitlam Government.

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David McKnight lectures in journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney, and has worked on The Sydney Morning Herald and ABC TV's Four Corners.