AUSTRALIA’S SECRET WAR: How Unions Sabotaged Our Troops in World War II by Hal G.P. Colebatch (Sydney: Quadrant Books) Hardcover: 340 pages ISBN: 9780980677874 RRP: AUD$44.95 Reviewed by Patrick Morgan The Japanese threat to Australia in the 1940s was the most profound crisis our nation has faced. During that period a great scandal occurred, a scandal up till now hidden from view. Many trade unions, particularly the maritime ones controlling our ports and shi…