Secrecy Australia: big gap between official information and reality: Peter Cronau, Declassified Australia
Secrecy Australia: big gap between official information and reality: Peter Cronau, Declassified Australia
Michael Lester,  Peter Cronau

Secrecy Australia: big gap between official information and reality: Peter Cronau, Declassified Australia

Australia is blanketed in a climate of secrecy with over 800 secrecy offences criminalised with jail terms and large fines under nearly 200 pieces of legislation.

Peter Cronau, investigative journalist, former producer for ABC’s Four Corners, Gold Walkley winner, co-founder of the website Declassified Australia, independent publisher, discusses largely hidden stories that reveal the big gap between official government information and the reality of Australia’s international and security relations.  In conversation with Michael Lester, topics range from Pine Gap to military bases, from AUKUS to the Israel Gaza war, from embedded journalists to the tough times facing mainstream journalists with job layoffs and censorship worse than it has ever been.

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Michael Lester

Michael Lester is a public policy economist with a career in Commonwealth and State agencies, World Bank and OECD. His interests include innovation, environment, and governance. He presents programs on community radio.

Peter Cronau

Peter Cronau is an investigative journalist and co-founder of Declassified Australia. He is a former senior producer for ABC TV’s investigative documentary program Four Corners, and has won numerous journalism awards including the Gold Walkley.

John Menadue

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