Laura J Tingle

Political Amnesia: How We Forgot How to Govern (Quarterly Essay)

Whatever happened to good government? What are the signs of bad government? And can Malcolm Turnbull apply the lessons of the past in a very different world? In this crisp, profound and witty essay, Laura Tingle seeks answers to these questions. She ranges from ancient Rome to the demoralised state...

[(Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation)] [Author: Laura Tingle] published on (June, 2012)

Chasing the future: Recession, recovery, and the new politics in Australia

Quarterly Essay 60 Political Amnesia: How We Forgot How To Govern

Whatever happened to good government? What are the signs of bad government? And can Malcolm Turnbull apply the lessons of the past in a very different world?In this crisp, profound and witty essay, Laura Tingle seeks answers to these questions. She ranges from ancient Rome to the demoralised state o...

Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation

“Eloquent and insightful ... a brilliant analysis” - Canberra Times Rather than relaxed and comfortable, Australians are disenchanted with politics and politicians. In this brilliant short book - an expanded version of her acclaimed Quarterly Essay -Laura Tingle shows that the reason for this goes t...

Quarterly Essay 46 Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and An Angry Nation

Why are Australians are so disenchanted and angry when it comes to politics? Given how well the country is going, by all rights we should be delighted with our political leadership. And yet we're not. In Quarterly Essay 46, Laura Tingle argues that something deep in the culture now amplifies antagon...

Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation

Rather than relaxed and comfortable, Australians are disenchanted with politics and politicians. In this brilliant short book – an expanded and updated version of her acclaimed Quarterly Essay – Laura Tingle shows that the reason for this goes to something deep in Australian culture: our great expec...

Quarterly Essay 46 Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation

Rather than relaxed and comfortable, Australians are disenchanted with politics and politicians. In Quarterly Essay 46 Laura Tingle shows that the answer goes to something deep in Australian culture: our great expectations of government.Since the deregulation era of the 1980s, Tingle shows, governme...

Alan Ramsey

... 2009 book A Matter of Opinion. He is a member of the board of the Whitlam Institute, and is married to another journalist from the Fairfax stable, Laura Tingle. ...

John Tingle

His daughter Laura Tingle is a political journalist, in Canberra, for the Australian Financial Review. He currently presents programs on Hastings Community FM...