My take on today’s Tasmanian “interim” 2025-26 Budget presented by Treasurer Eric Abetz. I see it as a missed opportunity to ‘get on’ with the task of ‘budget repair’, which as the Tasmanian Treasury has been pointing out since 2019, only gets harder the longer it is put off.
2025-11-06 Analysis of 2025-26 'Interim' State BudgetSpeaking Engagement | Boardroom Advisory | Commissioned Report | Expert Witness
Saul Eslake spoke to Zurich Australia executives and staff at their ‘Accelerate’ conference in Sydney on 9th May 2024, covering short- and longer-term trends in major ‘advanced’ economies, China, India and Australia, with a bit of geo-politics thrown in.
Sheryle Bagwell, recently retired Senior Business Correspondent (and sometime Executive Producer),
ABC Radio National Breakfast
Dr Joe Flood, Adjunct Fellow, RMIT University, Pandemicia
Andrew Trembath, economist, Victorian and Australian Government agencies
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Australian Minister for Housing, the Hon. Clare O'Neill MP on ABC Q&A, September 2024
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Diplomatic Representative, August 2024
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Charles Goode, Chairman, ANZ Bank, July 2009
“Saul Eslake is … a highly regarded independent economist with the highest degree of integrity"
John Durie, Columnist, The Australian, July 2009
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Andrew Clark, journalist, Australian Financial Review, November 2008
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