Talk:1973 Murphy raids

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Propose deletion

I propose that this article be deleted. It is mis-named in any case: there was only one "raid". The event has little significance beyond Lionel Murphy and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation; I think that it can and should be sufficiently discussed in those articles, supported by the account in Hocking's biography of Murphy and any other accounts that can be found. Wikiain (talk) 01:40, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I feel like - although it needs a lot of work - there should be room for a standalone article. It's a not insignificant event in the history of the left's attitude towards ASIO and in the subsequent establishment of the Royal Commission. The Drover's Wife (talk) 03:33, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal withdrawn after developments. A thank-you to Jack bulldog 2012; could you fill out "C.J.", since the name must be in full on the thesis? Wikiain (talk) 22:19, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. CJ Coventry is the only name given on the paper. User:Jack bulldog 2012 21:43, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's unusual, but so be it. Is the thesis available through the UNSW Library? I don't see it in the catalogue. But I do see Frank Cain, The Australian Security Intelligence Organization: an Unofficial History (1994, ebook 2012), which looks like it could be useful here. Wikiain (talk) 22:58, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Got a .pdf from this website https://www.academia.edu/Documents/in/Australian_Political_History User:Jack bulldog 2012 06:33, 27 November 2018 (UTC

OK: please do the link, providing that the citation conforms to WP policies. I am concerned that, if this is a submitted thesis, it is not available in the UNSW library. If it was passed in 2018, there might simply be a cataloguing delay. Wikiain (talk) 13:37, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]