Lindy Edwards

Dr Lindy Edwards is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of New South Wales whose previous books include ‘How to Argue with an Economist: Re-opening Political Debate in Australia’ Cambridge University Press, and ‘The Passion of Politics: the Role of Ideology in Australia’, Allen & Unwin. Prior to becoming an academic she worked as an economic adviser in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, as a senior policy adviser to then Leader of the Australian Democrats, Natasha Stott Despoja, and as press gallery journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald. She has been a Fellow of the Australian Prime Ministers Centre, the Centre for Policy Development and was on the board of the Think Tank Catalyst. She has appeared on The Project, The Drum, has had regular slots on ABC radio, as well as appearing in most Australian newspapers.