Verity burgmann is adjunct professor of political science in the school of social sciences at monash university. Yet we see outrage mixed with humour and writers reflect on the way their political views have or havent changed. Meredith burgmanns introduction to this fascinating book foreshadows some of the themes that emerge repeatedly as the contributors discuss. One of the best pieces is the chapter about communist party member and author frank hardy, written by his son alan. She taught industrial relations at macquarie university for twenty years and was a labor member of the legislative council of the nsw parliament for 16 years. In this moving, funny and sometimes chilling book, leading. She was one of the leaders of the antiapartheid movement, infamously receiving a twomonth gaol.
Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the from the browder file, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Jack waterford is the canberra times editor at large license this article. Meredith burgmann became radicalised at sydney university in the sixties, when her asio file began. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. Australias spies and their secrets, meredith burgmanns dirty. This article was first published in the print edition of the saturday paper on may 17, 2014 as meredith burgmann ed. Our asio files meredith burgmann in this moving, funny, and sometimes chilling book, leading australians open their asio files and read what the states security apparatus said about them. Jun 25, 2014 jennifer jcs rated it really liked it. Dr meredith burgmann is a feminist, unionist and environmental activist who was formerly a labor mp and president of the nsw legislative council. Dirty secrets, our asio files by meredith burgmann. Our asio files, the well regarded meredith burgmann, was galvanised by the vietnam war during her years as a student at sydney university. This book, edited by meredith burgmann, covers the period from the early 1950s to the 1990s, when the new south wales special branch was closed down by the carr labor government.
She was elected as a labor mp and later president of the nsw legislative council. In the short term, the economic fallout from coronavirus has taken about a third of our revenue. A panel discussion with wendy bacon, tim anderson and col cooper, chaired by meredith burgmann, discussing the book dirty secrets. Our asio files by meredith burgmann editor dirty secrets. The australian security intelligence organisation asio was established in 1949, ostensibly to protect the country from spies, saboteurs and subversives within society who were deemed a danger to the nations security. The last few years have seen a number of documentaries and books based on peoples asio files, which can now be released to the public after 20 years. Here, we look at mid20th century politics, activism and government surveillance in our chat with meredith burgmann and wendy bacon on their new book, dirty secrets. In this moving, funny and sometimes chilling book, leading australians open their asio files and read what the states security apparatus said about them. Questia offers more than 94,000 fulltext books in our collection. In commenting this week, meredith burgmann said that my view is that the stories in my book dirty secrets. But the poem is the key to hidden tragedies, secrets and lies. In 1950, asios canberra office could record only two telephone lines from the soviet embassy at any time. Published by newsouth books, the description of dirty secrets.
Our asio files, edited by meredith burgmann, is a whos who of former and current radicals, agitators and old communists. Another is that of retired high court judge michael kirby. Our asio files by meredith burgmann editor conceptual slippage. Onetime asio suspects claim in dirty secrets book that security. To see if it is available from newtown library, click here. Meredith burgmann taught industrial relations at macquarie university for 20 years and was a labor member of the legislative council of the new south wales parliament for 16 years.
Writers from across the political spectrum including mark aarons, phillip adams, nadia wheatley, michael kirby and anne summers confront and in some cases reclaim their pasts. Our asio files, in which leading australians reveal their pasts. Released under the 30year rule, the asio files that form the focus of dirty. Find books like dirty little secrets from the worlds largest community of readers. Meredith burgmann dr meredith burgmann is a feminist, unionist and environmental activist who was formerly a labor mp and president of the nsw legislative council. Meredith burgmann and all those who were spied on have produced an extraordinary book where those being watched look right back. Meredith burgmanns book makes it clear the government security agency was distracted by imagined threats. Onetime asio suspects claim in dirty secrets book that security agency was incompetent.
Asios main focus for much of this period was on the communist party of australia cpa. 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. This is an edited excerpt from the introduction to dirty secrets edited by meredith burgmann, out now from newsouth. Dr verity burgmann is adjunct professor of political science in the school of social sciences at monash university. Based on thousands of documents never before revealed, along with interviews with over thirty former asio officers and many of those spied upon, this fascinating book exposes the secret dimensions of australias postwar.
She was then elected as a councillor for the city of sydney. Meredith burgmann was a member of the legislative council of nsw labor from 1991 and president from 1999 until 2007. Onetime asio suspects claim in dirty secrets book that. We will survive this crisis, but we need the support of readers. Our asio files paperback august 1, 2014 by meredith burgmann editor 4. You can search them by title or keyword, or browse them all here alphabetically. Meredith burgmanns new book dirty secrets brings together chapters from left activists and other well known australians written after accessing their own files. Australias assault on freedom of speech a sense of.
Meredith burgmann was radicalised at sydney university by the vietnam war and was one of the leaders of the antiapartheid movement, infamously receiving a two month gaol sentence for disrupting a springbok match in 1971. Buy a discounted paperback of dirty secrets online from australias leading online bookstore. Writers from across the political spectrum including david stratton, phillip adams, peter cundall, michael kirby, gary foley and anne. Meredith burgmann is the author of dirty secrets 3. Dirty secrets by meredith burgmann overdrive rakuten.
This book makes clear that for many of the cold war years, australias domestic spy. Given that asios main role is to gather information. She was an academic at macquarie university for 18 years, becoming president of the academics union. Booktopia has dirty secrets, our asio files by meredith burgmann. Australias spies and their secrets tells the inside story of the rise and fall of the australian security intelligence organisation asio australias premier spy body. Some reflect on the way their political views have or havent changed.
Here is a list of the australians best books of the year 2014. Meredith burgmann, who both edited the book and contributed a chapter, is a politician, former president of the new south wales legislative council and current. Dirty secret is a daughters powerful memoir of confronting her mothers disorder, of searching for the normalcy that was never hers as a child, and, finally, cleaning out the clutter of her mothers home in the hopes of salvaging the true heart of their relationshipbefore its too late. Goodreads members who liked dirty little secrets also liked. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. New south wales publishing, sydney 2014 collectively represent asio as being improper, incompetent, irrelevant, inappropriate and intrusive. Wellknown australians mavericks, activists, movers and shakers reflect on their own asio files. She is the author of numerous studies of labor and social movements, including in our time 1985, power and protest 1993, revolutionary industrial unionism 1995, power, profit and protest 2003, climate politics and the climate movement 2012 and globalization and labour in. Dirty secrets by meredith burgmann, 9781742231402, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This acclaimed book by meredith burgmann is available at in several formats for your ereader. Previously a senior lecturer in politics at macquarie university, she was the first woman president of the academics union in nsw now nteu. Our asio files author meredith burgmann publisher new south books isbn 9781742231402.