Hon Lindsay Tanner

Speeches

Parliamentary service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Melbourne, Victoria, 1993. Re-elected 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007. Retired prior to general elections 2010.

Parliamentary appointments

President of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust from 3.12.2007 to 3.9.2010.

Ministerial appointments

Committee service

House of Representatives Select: Address in Reply served from 4.5.1993 to 6.5.1993
House of Representatives Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs served from 12.5.1993 to 29.1.1996; Selection served from 12.5.1993 to 29.1.1996; Communications, Transport and Microeconomic Reform served from 29.5.1996 to 31.8.1998; Communications, Information Technology and the Arts served from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004; Economics, Finance and Public Administration served from 2.12.2004 to 17.10.2007
Joint Statutory: Corporations and Securities served from 26.5.1993 to 29.1.1996; Public Accounts and Audit served from 9.8.1999 to 8.10.2001; Public Accounts and Audit served from 2.12.2004 to 17.10.2007

Conferences, delegations and visits

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the European Institutions and bilateral visit to Spain, September-October 1995.
Study tour, Singapore, July 1998.
Study tour, Cyprus, Israel and Lebanon, April 2000.
Study tour, USA, July 2000.
Study tour, UK, July 2002.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Canada and China, November-December 2002.
Study tour, New Zealand, November 2003.
Study tour, UK, 2005.
Official visits to New Zealand, June 2008.
Official visits to UK, France and the Netherlands, July 2008.
Official visits to USA, January 2009.

Parliamentary party positions

Party positions

Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 1982.
Member of the Australian Labor Party Administrative Committee (Vic.) from 1983 to 1987.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 1986.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 1988.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference from 1990 to 1991.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 1994.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 1998.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 2001.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference, 2004.

Personal

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

Electorate

Name: Melbourne
Location: inner Melbourne; it includes the central business district and the suburbs of Abbotsford, Ascot Vale, Carlton, Carlton North, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, East Melbourne, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, Flemington, Kensington, North Melbourne, Parkville, Richmond and West Melbourne, and parts of Alphington, Brunswick, Brunswick East, Docklands and Fairfield.
Area: 53 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 98,449 (at 24.11.2007)
Industries: heavy and light engineering, extensive manufacturing, commercial and retail activities (including Melbourne markets and central business district), dockyards, clothing and footwear industries, warehousing and distribution of whitegoods.
Includes: Melbourne includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Melbourne and Richmond, and parts of Brunswick, Essendon and Northcote.

Publications

The politics of pollution (with P Russ), Visa Books, Melbourne: 1978.
The Left in crisis, Lindsay Tanner, 1985.
The Hilmer report: a statement of faith, Lindsay Tanner, Melbourne: 1993.
The innovation challenge: industry policy in the 1990s, Lindsay Tanner, Melbourne: 1994.
The last battle, Kokkino Press, Carlton, Vic: 1996.
Open Australia, Pluto Press, Sydney: 1999.
Crowded lives, Pluto Press, Sydney: 2003.
Sideshow: dumbing down democracy, Scribe, Carlton North, Vic: 2011.
Politics with purpose: occasional observations on public and private life, Scribe Publications, Brunswick, Vic: 2012.
Comfort zone, Scribe Publications, Brunswick, Vic: 2016.
Comeback, Scribe Publications, Brunswick, Vic: 2019.