Michael Pascoe, who was for many years Finance Reporter for the Nine TV Network, and nowadays writes for (among others) The New Daily, today offered this perspective on my piece which was in The Conversation earlier this week.  

Last month, a senior Minister in the Morrison Government threatened my former employer, ANZ Bank, with adverse regulatory actions because a well-known employee with the initials “SE” (in this case, the current CEO Shayne Elliott) said something that the Minister didn’t like. This brought back fond memories, which I couldn’t help writing about .

Saul Eslake’s 136 pages weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack: – charts tracking the spread of Covid-19, globally and in Australia, and government responses to it; – the impact on the global economy and major individual economies such as China, Japan, other Asian economies, the US and Europe;financial and commodities markets; – multiple aspects of the Australian economy, including state-level comparisons, and the policy responses of the Australian and state or territory governments, and the Reserve Bank of Australia; and similar, though smaller coverage of the New Zealand economy.

Saul Eslake’s 141 pages weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack: – charts tracking the spread of Covid-19, globally and in Australia, and government responses to it; – the impact on the global economy and major individual economies such as China, Japan, other Asian economies, the US and Europe;financial and commodities markets; – multiple aspects of the Australian economy, including state-level comparisons, and the policy responses of the Australian and state or territory governments, and the Reserve Bank of Australia; and similar, though smaller coverage of the New Zealand economy.

Presentation slide for Preview of the US Presidential and Congressional elections, 28th October 2020.

Address to the Tasmanian Governance Forum, Hobart, 26th October

Presentation to the King Island Beef Producers’ Group “Beef Day 2020” at Currie, King Island (at the western end of Bass Strait), 23rd October 2020