roxon again. be very afraid, page-20

Persons Of Interest: The ASIO Files

Communism, despite its legality, was ASIO’s biggest threat at this time and potential communists flooded the files. ASIO also kept files ranging from university students who attended a single anti-apartheid or African slavery protest, to individuals who were members of organisations that advocated indigenous or women’s rights?—?all of which were seen as part of a communist plot to take over Australia. Yet during the peak of ASIO’s reign from 1949 till 1989, the organisation caught only two spies from the half a million files on Australians monitored in this era.

http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/daily-proposition-uncover-australias-secret-history/





The Christopher Pyne experiments REDUX

Here I am re-blogging a post originally seen on The Drum website. It was removed as they thought it might offend Mr Pyne

http://www.worldwormweb.com/2010/10/the-christopher-pyne-experiments-redux/