Title: Secrecy: political censorship in 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.
Subjects: Executive privilege (Government information)
Places: Australia