{"product_id":"50-years-before-the-mastheads-brian-toohey-9781923680777","title":"50 Years Before the Mastheads: My published and unpublished stories on politics, corruption, defence, journalism and secrecy","description":"\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Fraser wanted ASIO to tap his phone. Bob Hawke took him to the High Court. The Senate privileges committee held him in contempt. And former foreign minister Gareth Evans wanted him jailed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are few journalists in Australian history who have published as many leaks and so enraged governments in the process as former National Times editor and Australian Financial Review correspondent Brian Toohey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50 Years Before the Mastheads is a selection of Toohey's articles since the 1970s covering corruption, the US alliance, national security and intelligence, secrecy, and economic reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt includes previously unpublished articles on the US government's deep involvement in the dismissal of the Whitlam government, and the businessmen who supplied Bob Hawke with prostitutes. Toohey also recounts stories from his foreign travels of the misadventures of an Australian government official and young female staffer, and the time Lady Mary Fairfax expected him to swap his hotel room for her hut in the hotel grounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Toohey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923680773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923680777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Green Hill Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Brian Toohey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49084231549183,"sku":"9781923680777","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/50-years-before-the-mastheads-brian-toohey-9781923680777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}