Peter Cundall
Peter Cundall is a Tasmanian gardening expert.[1]
"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.[2]
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.[3]