19-02-2020, 06:16
(This post was last modified: 02-03-2020, 00:44 by Dissily Mordentroge.)
SECRET:The Making of Australia’s Security State.
Brian Toohey. (Melbourne University Press: 2019)
I find Toohey’s writing style somewhat messy and confused but many of the revelations he makes I’ve known to be true for decades from previous employment. (Don’t ask)
Australians in general are very naive when it comes to big brother keeping tabs on them. Many don’t even know their local postie can spy on them through an agency known innocuously as ‘Address Post’ which provides information to over 57 gov’t departments and three privately run imprisonment firms. The almost total lack of overview of the processes ‘Address Post’ indulges in results in some appalling exposures. A routine request faxed to a particular post office asking the postie to list the names of those receiving mail at an address often returns with all manner of unrequested information. “They’re all on drugs and there’s pooftas living there and their car is stolen’ is just one example I encountered.
A more detailed and intrusive request can be received by you local PO. Called ‘mail monitoring’ this allows the postmaster to scan mail received for a particular address.
In discussions I’ve had about these matters with Federal politicians I’ve not had a single one agree this kind of thing is an unjustified invasion of Australian’s privacy.
So kiddies, big brother is watching and from unexpected quarters.
Brian Toohey. (Melbourne University Press: 2019)
I find Toohey’s writing style somewhat messy and confused but many of the revelations he makes I’ve known to be true for decades from previous employment. (Don’t ask)
Australians in general are very naive when it comes to big brother keeping tabs on them. Many don’t even know their local postie can spy on them through an agency known innocuously as ‘Address Post’ which provides information to over 57 gov’t departments and three privately run imprisonment firms. The almost total lack of overview of the processes ‘Address Post’ indulges in results in some appalling exposures. A routine request faxed to a particular post office asking the postie to list the names of those receiving mail at an address often returns with all manner of unrequested information. “They’re all on drugs and there’s pooftas living there and their car is stolen’ is just one example I encountered.
A more detailed and intrusive request can be received by you local PO. Called ‘mail monitoring’ this allows the postmaster to scan mail received for a particular address.
In discussions I’ve had about these matters with Federal politicians I’ve not had a single one agree this kind of thing is an unjustified invasion of Australian’s privacy.
So kiddies, big brother is watching and from unexpected quarters.
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