Dr Lindy Edwards

Dr Lindy Edwards

Senior Lecturer
UNSW Canberra
School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Dr Lindy Edwards has worked as an economic adviser in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, a press gallery journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald and has been a senior policy adviser to an Australian political party leader. After extensive experience in the Australia political system she returned to academia to complete her PhD at the Australian National University. 

Dr Edwards has been a Fellow of the Australian Prime Ministers Centre, the Centre for Policy Development and a board member of the think-tank Catalyst. She has been on the Economic Advisory Board of the Australian Conservation Foundation.  She appears regularly on The Drum on the ABC, and has a fortnightly slot on ABC radio. She has had a fortnightly column in The Age newspaper and she is a regular media commentator who has appeared on The Project,  The Times, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Radio National, SBS radio, the Malaysia Straits Times, The Monthly, The New Matilda as well Sky News, Compass and most commercial television stations.

Dr Edwards specializes in political economy and the role of ideas and ideology in politics. Her early work focused on economic ideas and neoliberalism and the way they impact on political decision making and democratic practice. Her later work has expanded out to include the history of ideology in Australian politics and future directions in ideological debate. She has particular expertise on the current ideological realignments occurring within the major parties.

Dr Edwards is also working on political donations, lobbying and corporate power in the political decision making process. Her current work finds Australia is suffering from the 'Medici Cycle' where some companies have become so large, their power rivals government, and enables them to shape government regulation to serve their own interests.

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Phone
+61 2 5114 5066
Location
Building 28 Room 119
  • Books | 2020
    Edwards L, 2020, Corporate Power in Australia Do the 1% Rule?
    Books | 2012
    Cahill D; Edwards L; Stilwell F, 2012, Neoliberalism: Beyond the Free Market, Cahill D; Edwards L; Stilwell F, (eds.), Edward Elgar, Cheltnam
    Books | 2012
    Edwards L, 2012, The Passion of Politics: the role of ideology and political theory in Australia, 1, Allen & Unwin, Sydney
    Books | 2012
    2012, Neoliberalism: Beyond the Free Market, Edwards B, (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltnam
    Books | 2007
    Edwards L, 2007, How to argue with an economist: Reopening political debate in Australia, second edition, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511481666
  • Book Chapters | 2013
    Edwards L, 2013, 'Welcome Home: Preventing the next Culture War', in Lyons M; March A; Hogan A (ed.), Pushing Our Luck: Ideas for Australian Progress, Centre for Policy Development, Haymarket, N.S.W., pp. 156 - 169
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Edwards B, 2012, 'Introduction: understanding neoliberalism beyond the free market', in Neoliberalism: Beyond the Free Market, edn. 1, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltnam, pp. 1 - 14
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Edwards L, 2022, 'THE CORE OF CORPORATE POWER IN AUSTRALIA', Journal of Australian Political Economy, 2022, pp. 92 - 104
    Journal articles | 2022
    Farlow H; Edwards BM, 2022, 'Shining a light on ‘going dark’: A framework to guide the co-design and communication of decryption laws based on the passage of the Telecommunications and Other Legislation (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018', Computer Law and Security Review, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2022.105726
    Journal articles | 2018
    Edwards BM, 2018, 'The truth about political donations: there is so much we don't know', The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/the-truth-about-political-donations-there-is-so-much-we-dont-know-91003
    Journal articles | 2018
    Edwards L, 2018, 'Corporate Power in Australian Policy Making: The Case of Unfair Contract Laws', Australian Journal of Public Administration
    Journal articles | 2018
    Edwards L, 2018, 'Ideology and Effective Government: Lessons from Rudd/Gillard Labor', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12315
    Journal articles | 2017
    Edwards L, 2017, 'Are the Greens ‘neither left nor right but out in front’? What the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme debate reveals about ideological divisions between Labor and the Greens', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12304
    Journal articles | 2017
    Edwards L, 2017, 'Political Donations in Australia: What the Australian Electoral Commission disclosures reveal and what they don’t', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12283
    Journal articles | 2016
    Edwards BM; Beech M, 2016, 'Labour parties, ideas transfer and ideological positioning: Australia and Britain compared', Policy Studies, 37, pp. 486 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2016.1188914
    Journal articles | 2011
    Edwards BM, 2011, 'Contesting neoliberalism and its future', Dialogue, 13, pp. 78 - 80, https://cms.assa.edu.au/.pdf/reports/ASSA_WorkshopReport_80.pdf
  • Conference Presentations | 2020
    Edwards L, 2020, 'Corporate Power In Australia: the Impact on Public Policy', presented at Public Policy Network Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 29 January 2020 - 31 January 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Edwards L, 2020, 'Corporate Power in Australia: Key Findings', presented at Australian International Political Economy Network Conference, University of Sydney, Sydney, 06 February 2020 - 07 February 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Edwards L, 2020, 'The Political Implications of the Problem of Scarcity', presented at Australian Political Theory Conference, Melbourne, 13 February 2020 - 14 February 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Edwards L, 2019, ''Do the 1% Rule? Evidence from Australia' 'Democracy, Corporations and the Limits of the Market' July 9-11 University of Minho, Braga, Spain.', presented at 10th Braga Summer School in Of Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Minho, Braga, Spain, 09 July 2019 - 11 July 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Edwards L, 2019, 'Corporate Power in Australia: the Importance of Parties', presented at APSA Political Parties and Participation Workshop, Australian National University, Canberra, 21 November 2019 - 22 November 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Edwards L, 2019, 'Has Neoliberalism Failed?', presented at Australian Conference of Economists, Melbourne, 14 July 2019 - 16 July 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Edwards L, 2019, 'Question Time as Gender Performance', presented at 'Gender In Australian Politics' APSA Workshop, July 2019, Monash University, Melbourne, 18 July 2019 - 19 July 2019
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Edwards BM, 2016, 'The Liberal-Conservative Fracture in the Liberal Party of Australia', in The Liberal-Conservative Fracture in the Liberal Party of Australia, Australian Political Science Association, UNSW, Sydney, presented at Australian Political Science Association, UNSW, Sydney, 26 September 2016 - 28 September 2016
    Reports | 2016
    Edwards BM, 2016, Dark Money: The Hidden Millions in Australia's Political Finance System, GetUp!, http://cdn.getup.org.au/1969-Dark_Money.pdf
    Reports | 2016
    Edwards BM, 2016, Reforming the Political Funding Disclosure Regime, Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Parliament of Australia, 91, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Electoral_Matters/2016Election/Submissions
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Edwards BM, 2014, '"Logics of Order" and Unlocking the Role of Ideology in a Globalizing Governance Landscape', presented at International Political Science Association Conference, Montreal, 20 July 2014 - 25 July 2014
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Edwards BM, 2014, 'The Ideology of the Rudd/Gillard Labor Government: Half Broken?', in Australian Political Studies Association Conference Papers, Australian Political Science Association, Sydney, presented at Australian Political Science Association, Sydney, 28 September 2014 - 01 October 2015
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Edwards BM, 2013, 'New Approaches to the Study of Ideology', in New Approaches to the Study of Ideology, Midwestern Political Science Association 71st Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, presented at Midwestern Political Science Association 71st Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 11 April 2013 - 14 April 2013
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Edwards B, 2012, 'The importance of the study of ideology to the study of Politics in Australia', in Australian Political Studies Association Conference Proceedings 2012, Australian Political Studies Association Conference, Hobart, presented at Australian Political Studies Association Conference, Hobart