Dirty Secrets: Our ASIO files

ISBN 10: 1742231403 / ISBN 13: 9781742231402

Published by NewSouth, 2014

About this Item

[Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Meredith Burgmann Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Well-known Australians - mavericks, activists, movers and shakers - reflect on their own ASIO files. In this moving, funny and sometimes chilling book, leading Australians open their ASIO files and read what the state's security apparatus said about them. Writers from across the political spectrum including David Stratton, Phillip Adams, Peter Cundall, Michael Kirby, Gary Foley and Anne Summers confront - and in some cases reclaim - their pasts. Reflecting on the interpretations, observations and proclamations that anonymous officials make about your personal life is not easy - at least for some. Yet we see outrage mixed with humour and writers reflect on the way their political views have - or haven't - changed. Surrounded by influential Australians and piles of paper from our recent past, activist, politician and writer Meredith Burgmann has produced a book where those being watched look right back.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dirty Secrets: Our ASIO files
• Publisher: NewSouth
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1742231403
• ISBN 13: 9781742231402
• Binding: Secondhand, Paperback
• Book Type: Secondhand, Paperback

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Synopsis

In this moving, funny, and sometimes chilling book, leading Australians open their ASIO files and read what the state’s security apparatus said about them. Writers from across the political spectrum including Mark Aarons, Phillip Adams, Nadia Wheatley, Michael Kirby, Peter Cundall, Gary Foley, and Anne Summers confront—and in some cases reclaim—their pasts. Reflecting on the interpretations, observations, and proclamations that anonymous officials make about your personal life is not easy. Yet we see outrage mixed with humor, not least as ASIO officers got basic information wrong a lot of the time, though many writers have to contend with personal betrayal. Some reflect on the way their political views have—or haven’t—changed. Meredith Burgmann and all those who were spied on have produced an extraordinary book where those being watched look right back.

About the Author

Meredith Burgmann taught industrial relations at MacquarieUniversity for 20 years and was a Labor member of the legislative council of the New South Wales parliament for 16 years.