Well-known Australian writer, broadcaster, academic and political commentator, Professor Ross Fitzgerald writes a regular column and reviews for ‘The Weekend Australian’ newspaper, regularly reviews for ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’, writes for ‘The Canberra Times’, and appears on ABC Radio, ABC TV, The Alan Jones Show, Sky News and Channel 7.
Emeritus Professor in History and Politics at Griffith University, Ross Fitzgerald has published thirty-eight books, most recently the co-authored comic novel ‘Going Out Backwards: A Grafton Everest Adventure’ (Hybrid Publishers, Melbourne) and the edited version of Alan Reid’s ‘The Bandar-Log : A Labor novel of the 1950s’, published by Connor Court in Ballarat.
Now living in Redfern, Professor Fitzgerald is married to Lyndal Moor. They have one child, Emerald, who is 33 and lives in New York.
This is his first time running as a political candidate.