Citing fear of upsetting Indonesia, the government has unsuccessfully attempted to suppress reasons for sealing documents related to Timor Gap negotiations.
Under the guise of protecting the national interest, Australia’s security establishment acts in secret to uphold the global U.S.-led imperial order, writes Clinton Fernandes.
By Clinton Fernandes
Declassified Australia
The secrecy surrounding Australian foreign and defence policy prot
The secrecy surrounding Australian foreign and defence policy protects planners from the public that elected them. The war in Afghanistan offers ample evidence.The United States and Australia carried out an assassination campaign against the tactical leadership of the insurgency.
Con Theocharous remembers his father walked into Sydney Grammar School in the late 1970s and asked if he could have a scholarship. Then he finished in the top 1 per cent of the HSC.