Lindsay Tanner

Lindsay Tanner
Lindsay Tanner retired from his position as the federal minister for finance in 2010 after a long career with the ALP. He is the author of several books, including Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy.

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Robert Menzies, then prime minister, takes his place in the queue to vote at the 1958 federal election. © The Age/Fairfax Syndication

November 3, 2011

Window dressing

Politics

The mirage of political reform

Whitlam in 1973. © George Lippmann/Fairfax Photos

June 30, 2011

Gough Whitlam

Politics

Gough Whitlam at 95

Japanese government ad proclaiming that what women really want is a man who owns government bonds. © Ministry of Finance Japan/Dentsu

August 1, 2011

Air traffic out of control

Culture

'Extreme Money' by Satyajit Das

Tony Blair campaigning his way to a landslide victory for Labour, April 1997. © Tom Stoddart / Getty Images

March 31, 2011

Chariots of fire

Politics

Tony Blair’s legacy

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