The Secret State




Sydney Writers' Festival show

Summary: It seems that to be free, we are giving up our freedoms. How much do we know about what our governments are doing in the name of national security? What happens when journalists and lawyers are not kept from the truth? How do we evaluate the information we find floating across the internet – is it a state secret, propaganda or distortion? Nick Davies (Hack Attack), George Williams (Inside Australia’s Anti-Terrorism Laws and Trials) and Michael Mori (In the Company of Cowards) talk about the truth as they know it with Monica Attard.