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An analysis of the 2018-19 Australian Government Budget
Economic Policies | 10th May 2018Presentation to a post-budget breakfast hosted by accounting firm Moore Stephens in Melbourne on 10th May 2018
Australia’s Economic Horizon
The Australian Economy | 4th May 2018Presentation to the Australian Automotive After Care Association’s “Autocare 2018” National Convention – Darling Harbour, Sydney, 4th May 2018
What should be – and what will be – in the 2018-19 Australian federal budget?
Economic Policies | 3rd May 2018Talk to a ‘Policy in the Bar’ event hosted by the Australian National University’s College of Business and Law, Canberra, 3rd May 2018
Economist Saul Eslake looks ahead to the budget
Economic Policies, News | 26th April 2018Kumi Taguchi | ABC-TV’s 7:30 | 26th April 2018 Saul discusses the Government’s decision to dump its proposed increase in the Medicare Levy (to fund additional spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme) and provide for income tax cuts in the forthcoming 2018-19 federal Budget With the Government announcing its plan to scrap a proposed […]
Learning to make the most of life
Education, News, Publications | 17th April 2018Saul Eslake | Chatter Matters | 17th April 2018 Op-ed article written for Chatter Matters, a public dialogue about communication, literacy,enablement, collaboration, and relational trust, curated by Rosalie Martin. This article was published in the Hobart Mercury newspaper on 17 th April 2018.
Labor’s policy on cash refunds for franking credits
News, Taxation | 14th March 2018Katharine Murphy | Guardian Australia | 14th March, 2018 In mid-March 2018 the Australian Labor Party foreshadowed that, if it formed government after the next election (due in 2019) it would no longer allow ‘franking credits’ (credits which shareholders in Australian companies receive for the tax paid by companies in which they own shares, which […]
How much of a Threat is a ‘Housing Bust’ to the Australian economy and financial system
Housing, Publications | 12th March 2018Saul Eslake | FIIG’s The Wire | 12th March 2018 Article published in FIIG’s The Wire blog on 12th March 2018.
What South Australia needs to do
Publications, The Australian Economy | 7th March 2018Saul Eslake | Adelaide Advertiser | 7th March 2018 Article published in the Adelaide Advertiser newspaper on 7th March 2018 (ten days before South Australia’s state election on 17th March), looking at South Australia’s economy through the same prism that I use for Tasmania’s.