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1 online resource (xxi, 466 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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5.1MB |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In May 2018 Bernard Collaery, a former Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory and long-term legal counsel to the government of East Timor, was charged by the Australian Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions with conspiracy to breach the Intelligence Services Act 2001. He was forbidden from talking about the charges against him, but under parliamentary privilege independent MP Andrew Wilkie revealed what has since been described as 'Australian politics' biggest scandal'. Five years earlier, after ASIO officers raided Collaery's home and office, Collaery told journalists that ASIS had been bugging the East Timorese government during negotiations over Timor Sea oil. He was about to represent East Timor; as well as calling the evidence of a former senior ASIS agent known publicly only as Witness K, at The Hague in a case against the Australian government. Oil Under Troubled Water relates the sordid history of Australian government dealings with East Timor, and how the actions of both major political parties have enriched Australia and its corporate allies at the expense of its tiny neighbour and wartime ally, one of the poorest nations in the world. |
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National edeposit: Available onsite until 02 July 2021 at national, state and territory libraries Online access with authorization. AU-CaNED |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Collaery, Bernard, 1944-
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Australian Secret Intelligence Service.
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Australian Secret Intelligence Service. |
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Petroleum reserves -- Timor Sea.
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Petroleum reserves. |
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Offshore oil industry -- Australia.
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Offshore oil industry. |
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Australia. |
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Offshore oil industry -- Timor-Leste.
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Timor-Leste. |
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Intelligence service -- Australia.
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Intelligence service. |
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Official secrets -- Australia.
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Official secrets. |
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National security -- Australia.
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National security. |
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Espionage -- Australia.
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Espionage. |
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Australia -- Foreign relations -- Timor-Leste.
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International relations. |
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Timor-Leste -- Foreign relations -- Australia.
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Diplomatic relations. |
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Indian Ocean -- Timor Sea. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Collaery, Bernard. Oil under troubled water. Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2020 0522876498 9780522876499 (OCoLC)1130767240 |
| ISBN |
9780522876505 (electronic book) |
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0522876501 (electronic book) |
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9780522876499 (paperback) |
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0522876498 (paperback) |
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