A Secret Australia
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A Secret Australia

Revealed by the WikiLeaks Exposés

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
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eBook - PDF

A Secret Australia

Revealed by the WikiLeaks Exposés

About this book

In A Secret Australia, eighteen independent and prominent Australians discuss what Australia has learned about itself from the WikiLeaks revelations. This is an Australia that officials do not want us to see. However Australians may perceive our place in the world, whether as dependable ally or good international citizen, WikiLeaks has shown us a startlingly different story.

This is an Australia that officials do not want us to see, where the Australian Defence Force's 'information operations' are deployed to maintain public support for our foreign war contributions, where media-wide super injunctions are issued by the government to keep politicians' and major corporations' corruption scandals secret, where the US Embassy prepares profiles of Australian politicians to fine-tune its lobbying and ensure support for the 'right' policies.

The revelations flowing from the releases of millions of secret and confidential official documents by WikiLeaks have helped Australians to better understand why the world is not at peace, why corruption continues to flourish, and why democracy is faltering. This greatest ever leaking of hidden government documents in world history yields knowledge that is essential if Australia, and the rest of the world, is to grapple with the consequences of covert, unaccountable and unfettered power.

Contributors include author Scott Ludlam, former defence secretary Paul Barratt, lawyers Julian Burnside and Jennifer Robinson, academics Richard Tanter, Benedetta Brevini, John Keane, Suelette Dreyfus, Gerard Goggin and Clinton Fernandes, psychologist Lissa Johnson, as well as writers and journalists Andrew Fowler, Quentin Dempster, Antony Loewenstein, Guy Rundle, George Gittoes, Helen Razer and Julian Assange.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. About this Book
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction: Secret No More - Felicity Ruby and Peter Cronau
  8. Chapter 1: WikiLeaks and Human Rights - Jennifer Robinson
  9. Chapter 2: WikiLeaks, Australia and Empire - Richard Tanter
  10. Chapter 3: Priorities of the US Embassy in Canberra - Clinton Fernandes
  11. Chapter 4: The Origins and Outcomes of a Digital Pioneer - Suelette Dreyfus
  12. Chapter 5: How WikiLeaks has Redefined National Security Journalism - Quentin Dempster
  13. Chapter 6: The WikiLeaks Decade - Julian Burnside
  14. Chapter 7: WikiLeaks: Australia’s Non-event - Benedetta Brevini
  15. Chapter 8: Free Julian Assange - Scott Ludlam
  16. Chapter 9: Torture Australian-style - Lissa Johnson
  17. Chapter 10: My WikiLeaks Wish List - Antony Loewenstein
  18. Chapter 11: All the Way with the USA - Andrew Fowler
  19. Chapter 12: The Right to Know and the Role of the Whistleblower - Paul Barratt
  20. Chapter 13: As Game As - George Gittoes
  21. Chapter 14: Digital Media Freedom after WikiLeaks - Gerard Goggin
  22. Chapter 15: The Fragile, Thieving ‘Un-Australian’ Lie - Helen Razer
  23. Chapter 16: Darkening Ecliptic: Radical Melbourne and the Origins of WikiLeaks - Guy Rundle
  24. Chapter 17: The Brave Watchman: A Conversation with Julian Assange - John Keane
  25. Chapter 18: Despair and Defiance: An Audience with Julian Assange - Scott Ludlum and Julian Assange
  26. About the Authors
  27. Acknowledgments
  28. Index