SAUL ESLAKE

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SAUL ESLAKE

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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.

The CommSec “State of the States” Report – Tasmania

News, Publications, Recent Media Interview, Tasmania | 29^th July 2021

Saul discusses the latest CommSec ‘State of the States’ Report with Tasmania Talks’ Mike O’Loughlin on 28th July 2021.

Stanley

Tasmania | 21^st June 2021

A lovely piece by my cousin Stephanie Eslake about Stanley – a special place for both of us https://islandmag.com/read/music-for-the-walls-stephanie-eslake?rq=ten%20days

The cost of appeasing Western Australia

Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Tasmania | 20^th June 2021

For the next six years, Federal taxpayers – and after that, taxpayers in Australia’s eastern states and territories – will be paying a very high price in order to appease Western Australia’s desire to hang on to as much as they possibly can of the windfall gains it’s reaping from the huge prices being paid […]

Tasmania’s fiscal position

Tasmania | 14^th June 2021

An assessment of the Fiscal Sustainability Report published by Tasmania’s Treasury on 10th June 2021

Tasmania Talk: Australian Federal Budget 2021-2022

Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, News, Tasmania, The Australian Economy | 12^th May 2021

Saul talks to Tasmania Talk’s Mike O’Loughlin about Australian Federal Budget 2021-2022

Lessons for Libs in Gutwein’s triumph

Publications, Tasmania | 2^nd May 2021

Op-Ed piece in the Australian Financial ReviewAustralian Financial Review with my take on Saturday 2nd May 2021’s Tasmanian election outcome

Tasmanian State Election with ABC Radio “AM”‘s Samantha Donovan

News, Tasmania | 30^th April 2021

Saul talks to ABC Radio “AM“‘s Samantha Donovan about tomorrow’s Tasmanian State election

State of the States Report on Tasmania’s economy

News, Tasmania | 27^th April 2021

Saul talks to Tasmania Talks‘ Mike O’Loughlin about the latest CommSec ‘State of the States‘ Report on Tasmania’s economy on 27th April 2021

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT

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Saul Eslake spoke to Zurich Australia executives and staff at their ‘Accelerate’ conference in Sydney on 9th May 2024, covering short- and longer-term trends in major ‘advanced’ economies, China, India and Australia, with a bit of geo-politics thrown in.

“You are the best economic thinker in the country hands down”

Sheryle Bagwell, recently retired Senior Business Correspondent (and sometime Executive Producer),
ABC Radio National Breakfast

“Just want to congratulate you Saul on the unbelievably good set of slides you just presented, possibly the best I have ever seen. You have set the bar very high.”

Dr Joe Flood, Adjunct Fellow, RMIT University, Pandemicia

“Thank you very much for your excellent presentation for the Economic Society today. It is always a great pleasure to hear your eloquent, up-to-date and comprehensive talks.”

Andrew Trembath, economist, Victorian and Australian Government agencies

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Australian Minister for Housing, the Hon. Clare O'Neill MP on ABC Q&A, September 2024

“We are lucky as a State to have an economist of your calibre willing to readily make yourself available to give us a clea r perception of where we are at and the direction we need to go for a better future”
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“I have never known an economist to have such a knowledge of world economic facts and to be able to bring to bear so much information in answering a question without notice”
Charles Goode, Chairman, ANZ Bank, July 2009

“Saul Eslake is … a highly regarded independent economist with the highest degree of integrity"
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The CommSec “State of the States” Report – Tasmania

Stanley

The cost of appeasing Western Australia

Tasmania’s fiscal position

Tasmania Talk: Australian Federal Budget 2021-2022

Lessons for Libs in Gutwein’s triumph

Tasmanian State Election with ABC Radio “AM”‘s Samantha Donovan

State of the States Report on Tasmania’s economy

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