On 16th January I recorded a podcast with Alan Kohler, Steve Bartholomeusz and Stephen Koukoulas in which we discussed the global and Australian economic outlook for 2017. This podcast has been posted on Alan Kohler’s website at https://theconstantinvestor.com/the-spotlight-forum/. This is a ‘subscribers only’ website but you can get free 24-hour access to the podcast via […]

Ben Potter and Patrick Durkin | The Australian Financial Review | 30th November 2016 Report in the Australian Financial Review of 30th November 2016 of my comments at a Melbourne Economic Forum, querying the popular notion that there is something inherently more worthy about jobs in manufacturing than other types of jobs, and arguing that […]

Preview of the Tasmania Report 2016, published in the Burnie (North-West Coast) Advocate newspaper, 19th October 2016

Michelle Wisbey | The Examiner | 4th October 2016 Saul Eslake says the strong link between educational attainment and economic outcomes is something we cannot ignore. The Tasmanian economist made the comments in a submission to the Australian Council for Educational Research’s review of years 9 to 12 in the state. In July, Education Minister […]

Good on you | The Economist | 3rd September 2016 Australia has weathered the China slowdown and commodities slump well. What has it done right? “With the exception of China itself, no country has benefited more from China’s rapid growth and industrialization than Australia”Saul EslakeTHE last time Australia was in recession, Mikhail Gorbachev led the […]

Matt Wade | Sydney Morning Herald | 24th July 2016 The sharp decline in home ownership rates will have far reaching consequences. The latest instalment of the respected Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (known as HILDA), released on Wednesday, showed the most pronounced slump has been in the states that host our […]

Ticky Fullerton | ABC Lateline | 10th May 2016 Ticky Fullerton speaks with Saul Eslake and asks what impact the Brexit will have on the Australian economy and its markets. Transcript TICKY FULLERTON, PRESENTER: So what does a Brexit mean for Australia’s financial markets and trade relationships and will it have an impact on our […]

Emma Alberici | ABC Lateline | 10th May 2016 EMMA ALBERICI: A short time ago I was joined by independent economist Saul Eslake from Hobart; and in Melbourne, Sinclair Davidson, professor of institutional economics at RMIT University and a senior research fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs.Gentlemen, welcome. SINCLAIR DAVIDSON, PROF., RMIT UNIVERSITY: Thank […]