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Victoria – The Police State
Australian Society and Politics | 29th September 2020Consistent with the well-established practice of Victorian Governments of both political persuasions, Victoria has seen Covid-19 as providing unsurpassed opportunities to extend the use of its police force as an adjunct of the State Revenue Office. During Australia’s ‘first wave’ of Covid-19 infections, no other state was as assiduous as Victoria in fining its citizens […]
Saul talks to well-known business commentator Peter Switzer
News, Tasmania, Taxation | 17th September 2020Interview with Peter Switzer, 17th September 2020 Saul talks to well-known business commentator Peter Switzer about tax preferences for small business, and his proposal for the re-introduction of what Peter insists on calling a ‘death tax’ in Tasmania
The impact of Covid-19 on government finances
Economic Policies, The Australian Economy | 17th September 2020Prepared remarks for Medicines Australia’s PharmAus20 Digital Forum panel discussion, 17th September 2020- Session 4
Tassie economist Saul Eslake calls for discussions around tax reform in new report – Tasmania Talks
News, Tasmania, Taxation | 16th September 2020Saul talks to Tasmania Talks’ Aaron Stevens about Reforming Tasmania’s tax system: some options report, 16th Sep 2020.
Reforming Tasmania’s tax system: some options
Tasmania, Taxation | 16th September 2020Paper commissioned by The Australia Institute, Tasmania, and publicly released on 16th September 2020. If preferred, a shorter 2,200 word, 5-page version is available below.
Tasmania’s tax system is broken: here are three ways to fix it
Economic Policies, Publications, The Australian Economy | 15th September 2020Saul Eslake | The Conversation | 15th September 2020
Why I changed my mind about compulsory super
Economic Policies | 11th September 2020Article published on Inside Story, 11th September 2020
Impact of Covid-19 to the Global and Australian Economies – September 2020
Asian Economies, The Australian Economy, The Global Economy | 7th September 2020Online presentation slides: the Impact of Covid-19 to the Global and Australian Economies 7th September 2020