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: 2020


Interview with ABC The Drum about compulsory super contribution

Economic Policies, News, Publications | 23rd November 2020

Interview with ABC the Drum ‘s Ellen Fanning on 23rd November 2020: why I changed my mind about the compulsory super contribution    


Interview with Tasmania Talks on ‘Choices and Consequences’

News, Publications, Tasmania | 23rd November 2020

Interview with Tasmania Talks‘ Aaron Stephens on Monday 23rd November 2020 about my report on replacements for the Spirits of Tasmania ferries


Interview with ABC Hobart on ‘Choices and Consequences’

News, Publications, Tasmania | 23rd November 2020

Interview with ABC Radio HOBART‘s  Morning with Leon Compton on Monday 23rd November 2020 about my report on replacements for the Spirits of Tasmania ferries New ‘local’ ferry process potentially ‘the most financially ill-advised decision by any Tasmanian government since 1983’: Saul Eslake on decision to scrap plans for replacement Spirit of Tasmania ferries


The Australian’s take on ‘Choices and Consequences’

News, Publications, Tasmania | 22nd November 2020

Article by John Durie in The Australian on Sunday 22nd November 2020 about my report on replacements for the Spirits of Tasmania ferries


Article in the Launceston Examiner on ‘Choices and Consequences’

News, Publications, Tasmania | 22nd November 2020

Article by Sandy Powell in The Launceston Examiner on Sunday 22nd November 2020 about my report on replacements for the Spirits of Tasmania ferries  


The Economic Consequences of Misguided Localism

Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Tasmania | 22nd November 2020

An analysis of the potential economic consequences of the Tasmanian Government’s decision (taken, it would seem, under pressure from the Australian federal government) to over-ride the decision of the board of its state-owned shipping company, TT-Line, to purchase replacements for its two Bass Strait ferries, the Spirits of Tasmania, from Europe, in favour of having […]


The Hobart Mercury’s take on ‘Choices and Consequences’

News, Publications, Tasmania | 22nd November 2020

Article by David Killick and Blair Richards in the Hobart Mercury on Sunday 22nd November 2020 about my report on replacements for the Spirits of Tasmania ferries


I changed my mind on increasing the compulsory superannuation contribution rate

Economic Policies, Publications | 22nd November 2020

Article by the Australian Financial Review’s Jonathan Shapiro and Tom McIlroy published 22nd November 2020