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The former Finance Minister, Lindsay Tanner, in a rare public appearance since his retirement from politics, has discussed recent political events.
Tanner was appearing at the Wheeler Centre with George Megalogenis, author of the latest Quarterly Essay, Trivial Pursuit. [Read more…]
This is the speech delivered by the former prime minister, Paul Keating, at the launch of The Longest Decade, a book about the economic conditions of the past decade and a half, by George Megalogenis.
The launch took place at L’Aqua, Cockle Bar, in Sydney.
Transcript of speech by Paul Keating.
History, of course, is difficult to write, if for no other reason, than that it has so many players and so many authors.
It is hard enough to get any history right, even if one was a principal player; it is even harder to get it right when one is an observer. [Read more…]
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