This 1981 report provides a rare frank, detailed, comprehensive and accessible account of the major national security questions facing Australia, at a time when such discussions were often confined to closed bureaucracies.

In 1955, this Senate Select Committee asked the question 'is Canberra worthy of the National Capital?'

Introductory: We were appointed by Parliament on 3rd July, 1941, to inquire into and report upon wireless broadcasting within and from Australia, with particular reference to the following questions: (a) Should any and what change be made in the existing laws and practices relating to the control of broadcasting? (b) Are the services now provided...