Thomas Michael Fitzgerald (28 August 1918 – 25 January 1993) was an Australian economist, journalist and political advisor.[1]
Tom Fitzgerald | |
|---|---|
| Born | Thomas Michael Fitzgerald 28 August 1918 |
| Died | 25 January 1993 (aged 74) |
| Occupation(s) | economist, journalist, advisor |
| Known for | Fitzgerald report |
Education
editFitzgerald trained in economics by reading Keynes at the University of Sydney (1936–40).[1]
Career
editFitzgerald enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in November 1942 and, after training, was navigator on Liberator bombers in 1944–45.[1][2]
Fitzgerald was financial editor of The Sydney Morning Herald from 1952 to 1970.[1] While retaining his employment by Fairfax, he began publishing Nation, a fortnightly journal, in September 1958. Sylvia Lawson was one of his early contributors.[3] He sold Nation to Gordon Barton in 1972[2] and was editorial director of Rupert Murdoch's News Limited from 1970 to 1972.[1]
Fitzgerald produced the "Fitzgerald Report – The contribution of the mineral industry to Australian welfare : report to the Minister for Minerals and Energy" (1974) for the Whitlam government.[4]
In 1990 Fitzgerald delivered a set of six Boyer Lectures "Between Life and Economics – 'A dissenting case'".[5]
Personal
editFitzgerald married in 1945, and had two sons and two daughters. He died in St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst on 25 January 1993.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Fitzgerald, Denis; Wallace, Lesley (20 November 2003). "The research papers of Tom Fitzgerald". John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library.
- ^ a b c "Fitzgerald, Thomas Michael (Tom) (1918–1993)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 November 2018
- ^ "Sylvia Lawson, journalist who reinvigorated Australian cinema". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Burnside, Sarah. "Mining history in the 2013 election". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ Between Life and Economics – 'A dissenting case
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