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Coronavirus: Victorians fined more than rest of the country
News | 4th October 2020Interview with Brett Mcleod on 9 News Melbourne, 5th October 2020 ‘Heavy-handed’ cops slammed after new COVID-19 fines data emerges. Victorians are paying a bigger price than other states because of the response to coronavirus – not just in terms of lockdowns, but also fines. One of Australia’s leading economists has labelled Victoria a police […]
Victoria heavy-handed on COVID fines: Eslake
News, Publications | 1st October 2020The Australian, 30th September 2020
The tax system should preference new businesses, not small ones
News, Publications, Taxation | 29th September 2020Article in The New Daily, a news site owned by industry superannuation funds, 29th September 2020.
Saul talks to well-known business commentator Peter Switzer
News, Tasmania, Taxation | 17th September 2020Interview with Peter Switzer, 17th September 2020 Saul talks to well-known business commentator Peter Switzer about tax preferences for small business, and his proposal for the re-introduction of what Peter insists on calling a ‘death tax’ in Tasmania
Tassie economist Saul Eslake calls for discussions around tax reform in new report – Tasmania Talks
News, Tasmania, Taxation | 16th September 2020Saul talks to Tasmania Talks’ Aaron Stevens about Reforming Tasmania’s tax system: some options report, 16th Sep 2020.
Covid-19 ends Australia’s 28-year run without a recession. Economy contracts a record 7% in the second quarter
News | 2nd September 2020Comment on Australia’s Q2 GDP result in the Financial Times 2nd September 2020
A (very brief) radio piece on ‘Modern Monetary Theory’
Economic Policies, News | 27th July 2020Interview with ABC Radio National’s Senior Business Correspondent Sheryle Bagwell about ‘Modern Monetary Theory’ on Monday 21st July.
Saul Eslake talks with Elysse Morgan about the pathway to recovery from the Covid-induced recession
News, The Australian Economy | 21st July 2020Saul Eslake talks with Elysse Morgan, host of ABC-TV’s “The Business”, about the pathway to recovery from the Covid-induced recession. 8th June 2020