Newcastle Institute Public Forum: Ross Gittins discusses forty years of ‘Budgets, Bulldust & Bastardry’

One of Australia’s most eminent economic journalists, Ross Gittins, will be back in his home town of Newcastle to speak at the next public forum hosted by local think-tank, the Newcastle Institute, on June 10. 

Ross Gittins is renowned for his clarity of vision and his ability to see through the fog and spin that leave others confused. Few can match his ability to explain the complexities and contradictions of the modern economy that affect our daily lives.
Now he looks back on a career of over forty years and reflects on what he has seen of economics, politics, the media and the lessons of life.

He started as a cadet journalist covering the financial roller coaster ridden by the Whitlam government. Since then he has covered forty budgets and sixteen elections. He has watched eight prime ministers wrestle with boom and recession, debts and deficits. No government and no treasurer has escaped his analysis. 

As an ‘old school’ journo with printers’ ink in his veins, he also dissects the newspaper game, remembers the great editors and journalists who have sharpened our minds and his, and lays down some hard facts about a hard future for the media.

The title of his new book – ‘Budgets, Bulldust and Bastardry’ is a small taste of the humour and dry wit that Ross Gittins uses to inform and entertain.

For more information about the Newcastle Institute visit  www.newinstitute.org.au

WHEN? Wednesday June 10, 2015 from 6.00 to 7.30pm  
WHERE?  Banquet Room, Newcastle City Hall
ADMISSION: $5 donation. No booking necessary.