Lindsay Tanner
Lindsay Tanner is a former Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he represented the seat of Melbourne in the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2010 and served as Minister for Finance in the Rudd and Gillard governments from 2007 to 2010.
Leftist staffer
Onagh Bishop worked for Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner in a junior capacity.
NOW WE THE PEOPLE
In July 2001, endorsers of the SEARCH Foundation's NOW WE THE PEOPLE conference in Sydney included Lindsay Tanner.
Broadside Weekly board
An addition to the alternative media is due to appear this week with the first issue of a new paper, Broadside Weekly.
Described as "an independent, broadly based left and progressive weekly", Broadside will be formally launched in Sydney on June 5.
Proposals for the project were initiated in the second half of 1990. The new paper has a supporters' association headed by a board consisting of Brian Aarons, Anthony Albanese, Wendy Bacon, Peter Barrack, Meredith Burgmann, Wendy Caird, Patricia Caswell, Kerren Clark, Tony Cooke, Drew Hutton, Ron Knowles, Stuart MacIntyre, Tom McDonald, Peter Murphy, Carmel Shute, John Sutton, Lindsay Tanner, Jo Vallentine and Roger Woock.[1]
Broadside Weekly sponsors
Sponsors of the the Broadside Weekly listed in issue number 3, June 17, 1992, page 15 included Lindsay Tanner.
Broad Left Weekly sponsors
160 people sponsored the Broad Left Weekly in a pamphlet published in the January 30 1991 Tribune - including Lindsay Tanner.
"STATEMENT REGARDING ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS"
In April 1986 several hundred attendees of The Broad Left Conference in Melbourne signed an add in the National Times "STATEMENT REGARDING ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS".
Signatories included Lindsay Tanner.
Broad Left Conference panel
Speakers at The Broad Left Conference Political options for the left session were:
- Frank Panucci (NSW)
- Joyce Stevens (NSW)
- Lindsay Tanner (Vic)
- Kathryn Shain (NT)
"Moving Left"
Socialist Left
In 1986 Lindsay Tanner was a Socialist Left member of the Victorian ALP Adminsitrative Committee, and president of the Victorian ALP Economics Policy Committee.[2]