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Waterfront
On sale
27th August 2015
Price: £19.99
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Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780733632518
Ever since the First Fleet dropped anchor, Australia’s ports have been our opening to the world. They are also the breeding ground for many of Australia’s most notorious criminals, and a magnet for local and overseas criminal syndicates. WATERFRONT is the story of the crimes, the politics, the characters and the corruption in our nation’s ports.
From the time of Phillip and Bligh to today, from the gold rushes to modern-day drug smuggling, a criminal element has always found ways to profit from the rise and dominance of waterfront unions. After a century of Royal Commissions, reports, denials and crackdowns, crime and wrongdoing in Australia’s ports remains organised, entrenched and incredibly profitable.
Investigative journalist and former police detective Duncan McNab lifts the lid on the intriguing and chequered history of Australia’s waterfront.
From the time of Phillip and Bligh to today, from the gold rushes to modern-day drug smuggling, a criminal element has always found ways to profit from the rise and dominance of waterfront unions. After a century of Royal Commissions, reports, denials and crackdowns, crime and wrongdoing in Australia’s ports remains organised, entrenched and incredibly profitable.
Investigative journalist and former police detective Duncan McNab lifts the lid on the intriguing and chequered history of Australia’s waterfront.
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Reviews
a fascinating and detailed story to keep the reader riveted like steel plates on a ship
Meticulously researched
Duncan McNab lifts the lid on the intriguing and chequered history of Australia's waterfront.
Eye-opening
McNab's coverage of this relationship as an investigative journalist and former member of the fuzz is both insightful and intriguing.
After exhaustive research, journalist and former detective Duncan McNab has produced a fascinating darkside history that makes for an enthralling read.
McNab's book is every bit as entertaining as it is informative