Tom Fitzgerald (economist)

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

Tom Fitzgerald
Born
Thomas Michael Fitzgerald

(1918-08-28)28 August 1918
Marrickville, New South Wales
Died25 January 1993(1993-01-25) (aged 74)
Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Occupationeconomist, journalist, advisor
Known forFitzgerald report

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 1970[2] and then became Editorial Director of Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd 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 died in St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst on 25 January 1993. He was survived by his wife, whom he had married in 1945, and their two sons and two daughters.[2]

References
  1. Fitzgerald, Denis; Wallace, Lesley. "The research papers of Tom Fitzgerald". John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library.
  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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