Tom Fitzgerald (economist)

Tom Fitzgerald
Tom Fitzgerald
Born	Thomas Michael Fitzgerald; 28 August 1918; Marrickville, New South Wales
Died	25 January 1993 (aged 74); Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Occupation(s)	economist, journalist, advisor
Known for	Fitzgerald report

Thomas Michael Fitzgerald (28 August 1918 – 25 January 1993) was an Australian economist, journalist and political advisor.^[1]

Education

Fitzgerald trained in economics by reading Keynes at the University of Sydney (1936–40).^[1]

Career

Fitzgerald 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

Fitzgerald married in 1945, and had two sons and two daughters. He died in St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst on 25 January 1993.^[2]

References

^ ^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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[jcpml-1] Fitzgerald, Denis; Wallace, Lesley (20 November 2003). "The research papers of Tom Fitzgerald". John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library.

[:0-2] "Fitzgerald, Thomas Michael (Tom) (1918–1993)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 November 2018

[3] "Sylvia Lawson, journalist who reinvigorated Australian cinema". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

[4] Burnside, Sarah. "Mining history in the 2013 election". Retrieved 27 October 2014.

[5] Between Life and Economics – 'A dissenting case

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Tom Fitzgerald
Born	Thomas Michael Fitzgerald (1918-08-28)28 August 1918 Marrickville, New South Wales
Died	25 January 1993(1993-01-25) (aged 74) Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Occupation(s)	economist, journalist, advisor
Known for	Fitzgerald report