"30 odd years ago I spent nearly 3 weeks living amongst pilings and beams of the Fremantle wharf area. Carrying out a small 'surveillance operation' to ensure that several 20' containers of drugs landed safely on Australian soil to disappear into the populace."

Albie, this sounds like a great urban myth. If you want us to take it seriously, then provide the following:
1. Exact date.
2. Who employed you, in what capacity and for how long?
3. Who were you surveilling, and how was such surveillance enabling the safe landing of the alleged drugs?
3. Actual evidence that the containers held drugs.
4. Actual evidence that a government department was importing or facilitating drug imports.
Physical evidence please: employment records, documents, photographs, not just 'someone told me' or 'that had to the explanation because we couldn't think up anything else'.

Finally, if you genuinely believed you were employed to facilitate drugs to disappear into the community, why didn't you do something about it, then or later? Otherwise, you were colluding and were just as responsible for the imports as the drug dealers and 'government of the day' that you accuse.

Cossomby,
Either you live in a cocoon of social insulation or you actually believe your government is working for you.
You have obviously never heard of or been subject to the Official Secrets Act or you believe it to be another of those urban myths.
To you and your like the Oath of Allegiance (taken when serving under executive command)has about as much strength as a modern day marriage contract.
If Albie Manton in Darwin was to answer any one of your questions I am sure he would run slap bang into the arms of our "black hat" brigade.
Your format of questions gives your identity away because I came up against the exact same format in the Supreme Court recently.

Cheers Chris, but if Ms Cossomby the government stooge - read: 'wannabe' is actually serious about her challenge, she can write to my PO Box - that is Cossomby if you have the testicular fortitude. There's photos and more...and signed copies are available in the foyer along with monogrammed handcuffs for both of us.

Yes, like others on OLO, there are folks who have to resort to peeing on posts like so many other mongrels to feel important here.

Cossomby, BTW now you've possible Googled "Albie Manton in Darwin" and found out where I worked, some of what I do and where my loyalties are regarding government, the MSM, politics and such ? It's all there if you look hard enough and persevere sweetie. I hide behind nothing, certainly I won't let any harm come to you if we meet and Cossomby dearest, I'm more than happy to meet with you after establishing our (yours/mine) bona fides and that the agency you work for has approved the latte session with video surveillance etc. I'll remember to put my monkey mask back on. Is somewhere quiet in Smith St Mall OK for you ?

But really, I'm tired of all the cloak & dagger stuff, I'm tired with dealing with ASIS/ASIO/ and Dept of Defence dweebs who regularly trawl through my posts, stuff with my firewall settings and generally make my online pursuits difficult. Certainly I'm well & truly tired of having to "explain" myself to you - or anyone else for that matter.

For instances sake Cossomby, just try to call the US Embassy as I did in 2013 - when you have a real security concern about one of their establishments here on Australian soil. See how long it takes (if you can actually get through to them that is) and inform them that a door is insecure. Australian security staff involved were not able to even put on Gaffer tape to assist because of diplomatic issues, essentially leaving it able to be walked into...and you're worried about stuff that happened in 1983 ?