Colin Cooper
Colin Cooper died August 2024 was married to Peggy Trompf. He was NSW State Secretary and later National Divisional President of the CEPU.
- Colin devoted 42 years of his life to the betterment of wages and conditions for the membership . He was greatly valued for his loyalty, integrity, intelligence and friendship. I was witness to the efforts he took to protect the union during the attacks from the rightwing anti union Coalition of the 1990’s.
Death/SEARCH comrade
SEARCH Foundation, August 22, 2024.
- With sadness we note the passing of our comrade Colin Cooper. Condolences to all his family, friends and comrades. Peggy Trompf invites all comrades to a tribute for him to be held at the Petersham RSL, 301 Trafalgar Street Petersham at 6.30pm on 13 September 2024.
"Our ASIO Files launch"
In 2010, Humphrey McQueen called for the burning of the thousands of ASIO files compiled on political activists in Australia.
For historians reliant on these sometimes dubious sources, it was a controversial thought.
Taking a different approach to the vexed issue of ASIO surveillance, Dirty Secrets: Our ASIO Files, highlights the sometimes absurd preoccupations of the Australian intelligence services.
The book, which is edited by Meredith Burgmann, takes the novel approach of having those subject to surveillance discuss their files.
Chapters in the book are written by Phillip Adams, Verity Burgmann, Rowan Cahill, Peter Cundall, Gary Foley, Michael Kirby, Jean McLean, David Stratton, Anne Summers and others.
The book was launched by Anthony Albanese at Madame Brussels on 11 June 2012.[1]
Other contributors included Joan Bielski, Dennis Altman, Jack Waterford, Frank Hardy, Alan Hardy, Lex Watson, Wendy Bacon, Jim Bacon, Mark Aarons, Kevin Cook, Colin Cooper, Clive Evatt, Frances Letters, Peter Murphy, Tony Reeves, Tim Anderson, Penny Lockwood.[2]
Colin Cooper, who became a union official in NSW, found out that his ASIO file meant he was moved from his job within Telecom.[3]
"STATEMENT REGARDING ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS"
In April 1986 several hundred attendees of The Broad Left Conference in Melbourne signed an add in the National Times "STATEMENT REGARDING ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS".
Signatories included Colin Cooper.