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'ASIO has kept a file on Frank Moorhouse since he was seventeen. Now Frank has decided it is time to report on ASIO.
'This year ASIO has extended its surveillance powers, made the issuing of warrants easier and limited the freedom of journalists. At a time when the government has raised the terrorist alert level to ‘high' we are facing the question of what degree of terrorist threat we are prepared to endure so as to retain freedoms of expression and what might loosely be called the ‘traditional privacies'.
'The paradox is an old one: is a secret agency needed for our safety as a democracy? If so, how does a democracy manage a secret agency without losing control of it? What constitutes an offence against national security? And what are we to make of WikiLeaks and socially conscious hackers and whistleblowers?
'Do we need a renewal of the bargain between the citizen and the secret agencies, as unreliable as it may be, as we all go into the glare and the maze of controlled and uncontrollable data collection and its consequences?We are entering a new era, where nothing can be assumed to be private, especially at the governmental level.
'More than ever before, our future is unforeseeable, but if in the unforeseeable we see a glimmer of dangerous things, perhaps we should remember that positive things can also be unforeseeable.' (Publication summary)
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In the Shadows : Frank Moorehouse's Lifelong Interest in ASIO
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 374 2015; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Australia Under Surveillance 2014 multi chapter work criticism -
Regarding Liberty…
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Sydney PEN Magazine , May 2015; (p. 28) 'Writer Angelo Loukakis reflects on the notion of freedom raised by Frank Moorhouse in Australia Under Surveillance.' -
‘Tell Me Why Freedom of Expression Matters?’
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney PEN Magazine , May 2015; (p. 24-27) 'In his latest book Australia Under Surveillance Australian author Frank Moorhouse voices his concerns about ASIO and the extension of the state security arm into our daily lives. In this extract from the book, he explores the concept of freedom of expression and its changing interpretations over time.' (Publication abstract) -
Literature Comes to the Defence of Freedom
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 January 2015; (p. 16)
— Review of Australia Under Surveillance 2014 multi chapter work criticism -
The Watchers
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , December no. 107 2014; (p. 68-70)
— Review of Australia Under Surveillance 2014 multi chapter work criticism
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Watching the Watchers
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 December 2014; (p. 31)
— Review of Australia Under Surveillance 2014 multi chapter work criticism 'We, the people, should be alert, but not alarmed by security agencies keeping dossiers on citizens...' -
The Watchers
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , December no. 107 2014; (p. 68-70)
— Review of Australia Under Surveillance 2014 multi chapter work criticism -
Literature Comes to the Defence of Freedom
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 January 2015; (p. 16)
— Review of Australia Under Surveillance 2014 multi chapter work criticism -
In the Shadows : Frank Moorehouse's Lifelong Interest in ASIO
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 374 2015; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Australia Under Surveillance 2014 multi chapter work criticism -
Watching Over the Watchers
2014
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 December 2014; (p. 28-29) The Canberra Times , 13 December 2014; (p. 19) The Age , 13 December 2014; (p. 28) 'Frank Moorhouse has been a passionate defender of democratic freedoms since his student days, writes Linda Morris' -
‘Tell Me Why Freedom of Expression Matters?’
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney PEN Magazine , May 2015; (p. 24-27) 'In his latest book Australia Under Surveillance Australian author Frank Moorhouse voices his concerns about ASIO and the extension of the state security arm into our daily lives. In this extract from the book, he explores the concept of freedom of expression and its changing interpretations over time.' (Publication abstract) -
Regarding Liberty…
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Sydney PEN Magazine , May 2015; (p. 28) 'Writer Angelo Loukakis reflects on the notion of freedom raised by Frank Moorhouse in Australia Under Surveillance.'