Yearly Archives: 2021
What impact will the government’s decision to open Australia’s borders to skilled migrants and students have on wages and house prices?
Australian Society and Politics, Housing, News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 22nd November 2021Interview with David Lipson on ABC Radio’s “PM” program on 22nd November 2021
Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack 2021-11-20
Chart Pack | 20th November 2021This week Saul Eslake’s weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack is 165 pages long: – 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; – […]
What to do about Housing Affordability
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Video, Housing | 17th November 2021This week I ‘appeared’ (virtually) before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue’s Inquiry into Housing Affordability and Supply. You can read my opening statement to the committee and view the recording of my Q&A with the Committee here.
Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack 2021-11-13
Chart Pack | 13th November 2021This week Saul Eslake’s weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack is 159 pages long: – 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; – […]
Submission to a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Commonwealth Government support for Victoria
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies | 13th November 2021Saul’s submission to the Inquiry being conducted by the Victorian Legislative Assembly’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee into Commonwealth Support for Victoria, which focuses on the consequences of the changes to the long-standing arrangements for determining the distribution of revenue from the GST among the states and territories, imposed by the Morrison Government in 2018 at […]
Going, going, gone
Housing, News, Recent Media Interview | 3rd November 2021Saul appears in an episode of the ABC’s flagship Four Corners program on 1st November talking about the downside of Australia’s inexorably rising housing prices. Going, going gone, reported by Stephen Long, goes to air on Monday 1st November at 8.30pm. It can also be seen on ABC NEWS channel on Saturday at 8.10pm AEST, ABC […]
Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack 2021-10-30
Chart Pack | 30th October 2021This week Saul Eslake’s weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack is 166 pages long: – 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; – […]
The Economic Benefits of ‘Closing the Gap’ in Tasmania
Australian Society and Politics, Tasmania | 29th October 2021Presentation to a form hosted by Reconciliation Tasmania in Hobart on 29th October 2021, looking at the possible benefits to the broader economy of ‘closing the gap’ between Aboriginal (palawa) and other Tasmanians