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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’

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The real meaning of last November’s US elections is becoming clearer – the American people voted for this

Australian Society and Politics, News, Security, The Australian Economy, The Global Economy | 9th March 2025

An article originally published on Pearls and Irritations (a blog curated by John Menadue), and by The New Daily on 9th February 2025 I am not suffering from what some of President Donald Trump’s more fervent supporters — both in the US and in Australia — like to call “Trump derangement syndrome”. That is, I’m not disputing that […]


Werribee voters send messages to both major Victorian political parties

Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, News | 9th March 2025

My op-ed in The Australian Financial Review of 9th February 2025 about the meaning of the by-elections held in the Victorian state seats of Werribee and Prahran the precdeding day – in particular, about the Victorian economy and the parlous state of Victoria’s public finances. Federal election 2025: Liberal Party is yet to heed the message […]


Review of the case for privatization of Tasmanian Government business enterprises

Economic Policies, News, Recent Media Interview, Tasmania | 6th March 2025

In his annual ‘State of the State’ address to the Tasmanian Parliament on 4th March, Tasmania’s Premier the Hon. Jeremy Rockliff MP announced that he had asked me to provide the Government with advice as to whether it should consider selling any of its state-owned enterprises (other than Hydro Tasmania, the state-owned electricity generation company, […]


Tasmania’s Public Finances
& the Independent Review of Tasmania’s State Finances (Aug, 2024)

News, Recent Media Interview, Tasmania | 14th February 2025

Saul spoke to ABC Radio Hobart and Tasmania Statewide’s “Mornings” presenter Leon Compton about the latest update on Tasmania’s public finances, and the Government’s formal response to the Independent Review of Tasmania’s State Finances published in August 2024.


How Victoria became one of Australia’s ‘poor states’

Economic Policies, News, Publications, The Australian Economy | 25th November 2024

Over the past two-and-a-half decades Victoria has gone from being one of Australia’s most prosperous states to being one of its three poorest, on most indicators, and its most heavily indebted. This article, published by the Australian Financial Review on 25th November 2024, explains how and why.


Negative Gearing

Economic Policies, Housing, News, Recent Media Interview, Taxation | 26th September 2024

Saul talks to ABC News Channel’s “Afternoon Briefing” presenter Greg Jennett about reports that the Albanese Government may be thinking about changes to negative gearing and/or the capital gains tax discount, and what such changes might mean for housing affordability.


Tasmania’s State Budget 2024 – 2025 with Leon Compton

News, Recent Media Interview, Tasmania | 13th September 2024

Saul talks to ABC Hobart’s Leon Compton about Tasmania’s State Budget 2024 – 2025 


Solutions to Australia’s Housing Crisis

Australian Society and Politics, Housing, News, Recent Media Interview | 11th September 2024

Saul Eslake spoke to ABC Radio Brisbane’s Afternoons presenter Kate Feeney about solutions to Australia’s housing crisis on 10th September 2024