David Bartlett interviewed by Caroline Evans in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5366842
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bartlett, David, 1968-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 2 sound files (ca. 126 min.)
- Series:
- Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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David Bartlett, born in Hobart (1968), discusses his biological parents; the reasons for his being made a ward of the state at birth; being placed with a foster family when he was 40 days old; the placement processes being referred to as 'adoption' even though it was never made legal; always knowing he was adopted; information his birth mother received about him during his childhood; his feelings about his upbringing; conforming with family life; the social implications of being a ward of the state; his schooling; seeking out his birth mother; Adoption Jigsaw; meeting his mother and grandmother when he was 19 years old; the effect of meeting his birth family on this foster family; his relationship with his mother's family; meeting his father when he was 20; the difference between his birth and foster families; enjoying college; university and completing a computer science degree; employment; his developing interest in the Labor Party; the power of education to redress disadvantage; being encouraged by John Button to run for State Parliament.
Barlett discusses being elected in 2004; achievements and disappointments as Minister for Education; becoming Premier in 2008; challenges he faced as Premier and how he feels he dealt with them; the Babcock & Brown share price collapse; Police Commissioner John Johnston; a Minister's suicide attempt; the Global Financial Crisis and fiscal stimulus; doing a deal with the Tasmanian Greens; healing the schism between environmentalists and the development lobby; speaking in parliamentary debates about the Tasmanian Apology to Stolen Generations; the Tasmanian Apology to Former State Wards; his feelings about the Apologies; the rights of people who are adopted; his use of social media during his political career and how he feels about it now; his reasons for resigning in 2011; the quality of political debate in Australia; the Australian media; becoming Attorney-General; his vision for Tasmania's future; his future.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 22 and 24 June 2011 in Taroona, Tas.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and corrected transcript available (80 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Premiers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Evans, Caroline, 1950-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2011
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