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SAUL ESLAKE

Economist

SAUL ESLAKE

‘Welcome to my website …
I’m an independent economist, consultant, speaker,
and Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Tasmania’

Yearly Archives: 2021


Conversation with the Archbishop

Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview, Taxation, The Australian Economy, Video | 27th March 2021

Saul participated in a ‘Conversation with the Archbishop’, hosted by the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, in Melbourne’s Federation Square along with CEO of Anglicare Kasy Chambers, on Tuesday 23rd March 2021, about Australia’s response to Covid-19 and how the ‘new normal’ could be different from the old one.


The west is having its iron ore cake – and eating it too

Economic Policies, News, Publications, The Australian Economy | 24th March 2021

Op-ed piece in the Australian Financial Review on 24th March 2021 about “deal” imposed on states and territories by the Federal Government two years ago which is now producing the perverse result that the Federal Government will have to run an even bigger budget deficit so as to allow Western Australia – the only government […]




Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack 2021-03-20

Chart Pack | 20th March 2021

Saul Eslake’s 147 pages weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack: – charts tracking the spread of Covid-19, globally and in Australia, and government responses to it; – the impact on the global economy and major individual economies such as China, Japan, other Asian economies, the US and Europe;financial and commodities markets; – multiple aspects of the […]


Western Australia’s share of GST revenues

Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies | 19th March 2021

Saul talks to Perth radio 6PR’s Liam Bartlett about the latest Grants Commission recommendations regarding Western Australia’s share of GST revenues


Opportunities and Challenges for Regional Australia

The Australian Economy | 17th March 2021

Presentation to the Regional Australia Institute’s “Rising Regions” National Summit, Canberra, 17th March 2021


Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack 2021-03-13

Chart Pack | 13th March 2021

Saul Eslake’s 165 pages weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack includes a ‘special’ on Western Australia which has a state election today: – charts tracking the spread of Covid-19, globally and in Australia, and government responses to it; – the impact on the global economy and major individual economies such as China, Japan, other Asian economies, the […]