Secrecy: political censorship in Australia
By: [by] Jim Spigelman.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Executive privilege (Government information) -- Australia.
Description: Discussion of manner in which democratic values have been effected by secrecy in government cases include government secrecy in Aboriginal affairs; 1) refusal by P.M. McMahon to release special report of Commonwealth Solicitor-General on land rights; 2) failure to release several surveys by W.D. Scott & Co.; 3) suppression of statistics on Aboriginal ill-health, especially the rise in infant mortality in 1970; 4) failure to enforce labour awards in NT.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.