http://australianpolitics.com/1987/03/23/kennett-peacock-car-phone-conversation.html Resources, News & Commentary from Malcolm Farnsworth Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://australianpolitics.com/1987/03/23/kennett-peacock-car-phone-conversation.html/comment-page-1#comment-3171 Politics is brutal. It was ever thus. « The Fearless Quill Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:11:13 +0000 http://australianpolitics.com/1987/03/23/kennett-peacock-car-phone-conversation.shtml#comment-3171 [...] the edge off even Keating’s fiery rhetoric. The intercepted Kennett-Peacock mobile phone conversation was a singular and fleeting glimpse into the private conversations that take place on a daily basis [...] [...] the edge off even Keating’s fiery rhetoric. The intercepted Kennett-Peacock mobile phone conversation was a singular and fleeting glimpse into the private conversations that take place on a daily basis [...]

]]> http://australianpolitics.com/1987/03/23/kennett-peacock-car-phone-conversation.html/comment-page-1#comment-3156 Australian journalists break surveillance laws every day #notw #law #journalism | journlaw Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:59:25 +0000 http://australianpolitics.com/1987/03/23/kennett-peacock-car-phone-conversation.shtml#comment-3156 [...] The most famous example of this was the interception of the uncomplimentary mobile phone conversation between former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett and then shadow minister Andrew Peacock about future prime minister John Howard in 1987. Scanner enthusiasts recorded the very frank late night chat which caused a political uproar when it subsequently appeared on newspaper front pages. The transcript and audio has been posted for posterity on australianpolitics.com. [...] [...] The most famous example of this was the interception of the uncomplimentary mobile phone conversation between former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett and then shadow minister Andrew Peacock about future prime minister John Howard in 1987. Scanner enthusiasts recorded the very frank late night chat which caused a political uproar when it subsequently appeared on newspaper front pages. The transcript and audio has been posted for posterity on australianpolitics.com. [...]

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