Yearly Archives: 2025
Australia’s Federal Election 2025 Key Issues
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Economic Video, Housing, News, Productivity, Taxation, The Australian Economy | 27th April 2025In this InEconomics podcast series Saul Eslake dives into an in-depth analysis of cost-of-living and housing issues, shedding light on untargeted policies and the broader economic implications.
2025 election issues – a podcast with the hosts of SBS News’ “Party Time”
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview | 25th April 2025Saul Eslake’s interview about election issues with SBS News’ “Party Time” hosts Rania Yallop and Elfy Scott – covering the “cost of living” (hence the title, “Cozzie Livs”), housing, competing election promises, budget deficits, government spending and all that.
Australia’s ‘housing crisis’ – and how (and why) both major political parties plan to make it worse
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, News, Recent Media Interview | 19th April 2025Saul spoke on Saturday morning with Brend Bultitude, mornings presenter on Newcastle Radio 2HD – which also goes out to 47 other stations across regional New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory, via the Super Radio Network – about Australia’s housing crisis, how the policies offered by both major parties at their campaign launches […]
Housing Policies Could Push Up Prices
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, News, Recent Media Interview | 17th April 2025Saul Eslake on ABC News Channel: Election 2025 Housing Policies could push up prices
Housing policies in the 2025 election
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, News | 17th April 2025Saul spoke with Guardian Australia’s Nour Haydar about the housing policies on offer from the Liberal-National Coalition, Labor and Greens parties at the 2025 election:
Bad Housing Policy (yet again?)
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, News, Recent Media Interview, Taxation | 14th April 2025Saul Eslake with Laura Tingle discuss this election’s housing affordability agenda:
For the last three years, Australia’s federal opposition has challenged Labor’s management of the economy and budget. But with the latest Newspoll numbers showing trouble for the coalition, the election campaign has taken a dramatic turn. Housing policies from both sides—Labor and the Coalition—are set to shape the future of Australian homeownership. Are these policies truly solving the crisis, or just inflating house prices?
There must be an election on – both major parties are proposing policies which will push up house prices
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, Publications, Taxation | 13th April 2025Saul Eslake’s reaction to both major parties’ proposed housing policies on 13th April 2025
Things that we should be (but won’t be) talking about during the current election campaign
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Productivity | 11th April 2025Saul Eslake’s on-line presentation to ‘Curtin Corner’, hosted by the John Curtin Institute for Public Policy at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia, on 11th April, about the economic and budgetary issues that _should_ be being discussed during the 2025 election campaign, but won’t be.