Tasmania
I did most of my education in Tasmania and, after spending almost 34 years on what Tasmanians call ‘the mainland’, returned to Tasmania in December 2014. Both while I was living away, and since returning, I’ve maintained a keen interest in the progress (or, at times, lack of it) of Australia’s smallest state. The pieces here represent some of my efforts to advocate for policies which, in my opinion, would result in a stronger Tasmanian economy and improved living standards for Tasmanians.
Article in the Launceston Examiner on ‘Choices and Consequences’
News, Publications, Tasmania | 22nd November 2020Article by Sandy Powell in The Launceston Examiner on Sunday 22nd November 2020 about my report on replacements for the Spirits of Tasmania ferries
The Economic Consequences of Misguided Localism
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Tasmania | 22nd November 2020An analysis of the potential economic consequences of the Tasmanian Government’s decision (taken, it would seem, under pressure from the Australian federal government) to over-ride the decision of the board of its state-owned shipping company, TT-Line, to purchase replacements for its two Bass Strait ferries, the Spirits of Tasmania, from Europe, in favour of having […]
The Hobart Mercury’s take on ‘Choices and Consequences’
News, Publications, Tasmania | 22nd November 2020Article by David Killick and Blair Richards in the Hobart Mercury on Sunday 22nd November 2020 about my report on replacements for the Spirits of Tasmania ferries
Tasmania’s Budget Papers are a long way from being “Best in Show”
Economic Policies, Tasmania | 19th November 2020A comparison of the quantity and quality of the information and analysis provided in this year’s Tasmanian Budget Papers with that provided in the Budget Papers of the other jurisdictions which have presented their Budgets in the past few weeks – Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and (this week) New South Wales, as […]
ABS weekly payroll jobs data for Tasmania
Tasmania | 17th November 2020Analysis of and commentary on the release for the two weeks ended 31st October 2020
Saul talks to Tasmania Talks’ Aaron Stevens about the 2020-21 Tasmanian Budget
News, Tasmania | 13th November 2020Saul talks to Tasmania Talks’ Aaron Stevens about the 2020-21 Tasmanian Budget Interview recorded on 13th November 2020
An analysis of the 2020-21 Tasmanian State Budget
Tasmania | 12th November 2020An analysis of the 2020-21 Tasmanian State Budget presented by Tasmanian Premier and Treasurer Peter Gutwein on 12th November 2020
The Tasmanian Economy and the Path to Recovery
Tasmania | 26th October 2020Address to the Tasmanian Governance Forum, Hobart, 26th October