Letter

In response to ASIO and the KGB: New information on Hawke v. Combe By Brian Toohey

PLEASE TELL ME IT ISN'T TRUE

In a recent issue which had Keating’s opinion of Kissinger and several high quality articles on public policy, l was disturbed to ready Brian Toohey’s piece on Hawke and Coombe.

I don’t want this to be true, because if it is true, my opinion of the “loveable larriken” transmutes into “old sleaze bag”.

There seemed to be a lot of hearsay. Also nasty stuff about Teamsters and mafia.

Would it be possible to get more fact checking for items such as this?

It in some ways lowers the tone of what is a terrific and much needed publication.

— christopher godfrey from sydney