SAUL ESLAKE

Economist

SAUL ESLAKE

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I’m an independent economist, consultant, speaker,
and Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Tasmania’

Yearly Archives: 2011


The case against negative gearing …

Publications, Taxation | 25th April 2011

Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 25th April 2011


A tax system that penalizes working & saving, and rewards borrowing & speculating

Publications, Taxation | 30th March 2011

Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 30th March 2011


Billions of dollars wasted on First Home Owner grants

Housing, Publications | 16th March 2011

Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 16th March 2011


Observations on the proposed temporary tax levy to pay for repairs and reconstruction after the 2011 Queensland floods

Taxation | 11th March 2011

Statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee hearing on a proposed income tax levy, 11th March 2011


Australia’s Productivity Challenge

Productivity | 19th February 2011

Report co-authored with Marcus Walsh and published by the Grattan Institute, February 2011


Time to question the point, and cost, of airport security rituals

Security | 16th February 2011

Article published in the Melbourne Age, and in the online edition of the Sydney Morning Herald, 16th February 2011


Yes, we could have bananas … 

Economic Policies, Publications | 14th February 2011

Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers on 14th February 2011