SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT

Speaking Engagement | Boardroom Advisory | Commissioned Report | Expert Witness

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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TV, Radio & Print Media

How Victoria became one of Australia’s ‘poor states’
Economic Policies, News, Publications, The Australian Economy | 25^th November 2024

Negative Gearing
Economic Policies, Housing, News, Recent Media Interview, Taxation | 26^th September 2024

Tasmania’s State Budget 2024 – 2025 with Leon Compton
News, Recent Media Interview, Tasmania | 13^th September 2024

Solutions to Australia’s Housing Crisis
Australian Society and Politics, Housing, News, Recent Media Interview | 11^th September 2024

All about inflation
Economic Policies, News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 31^st August 2024

Inflation and the prospects for cuts in Australian interest rates
News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 30^th August 2024

‘Price-gouging’ and ‘profiteering’ haven’t been major contributors to Australian inflation
Economic Policies, News, The Australian Economy | 26^th August 2024

A ‘security blanket’ for Australian manufacturing
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, News, Security, The Australian Economy | 26^th August 2024

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TESTIMONIALS

What Others Say

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”
Diplomatic Representative, August 2024

“You are one of the best at what you do in the world”
Gail Fosler, Chief Economist, The Conference Board, New York, December 2002

“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"
John Durie, Columnist, The Australian, July 2009

“… one of the few people in this world who can have so many oranges up in the air at the same time but still manage to catch them"
Andrew Clark, journalist, Australian Financial Review, November 2008

WHAT'S NEW

Most Recent Articles, Talks and Presentations

Widening the Gap – An Intergenerational Lens on Wealth Inequality in Australia
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, The Australian Economy
12^th December 2024

How Victoria became one of Australia’s ‘poor states’
Economic Policies, News, Publications, The Australian Economy
25^th November 2024

Elections and economies – the US and Australia
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, The Australian Economy, The Global Economy
23^rd November 2024

Opening Statement to Senate Select Committee on the Tasmanian Freight Equalization Scheme
Economic Policies, Tasmania
13^th November 2024

“Hiding in Plain Sight” – $180 billion of spending over four years.
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, The Australian Economy, Topics
11^th November 2024

‘Tasmanian Money Matters’ – Tasmania’s Economy and Public Finances
Economic Policies, Tasmania
3^rd October 2024

Challenges and Opportunities for Australian Agriculture
Commodities, The Australian Economy
1^st October 2024

Negative Gearing
Economic Policies, Housing, News, Recent Media Interview, Taxation
26^th September 2024

Will Anthony Albanese succeed where Bill Shorten failed in making changes to the taxation treatment of property investment?
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, Taxation
26^th September 2024

‘Super for housing’ is a souped-up first home owners grants scheme – and it won’t help any more than first home owners grants have
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing
24^th September 2024

‘Super for Housing’ – a Thoroughly Bad Idea
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, The Australian Economy, Topics
19^th September 2024

A ‘path back to surplus’ for the Tasmanian Budget? Not really
Tasmania
17^th September 2024

What’s happening in the economy – nationally and in Tasmania
Economic Policies, Tasmania, The Australian Economy
13^th September 2024

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Articles, Talks and Presentations

PUBLICATIONS

Here you can find articles or essays which I have written and which have been published elsewhere

LINKS

Useful Links

Below is a list of links I’ve found useful under the following broad topics

Data and policy

Australian economic data
Australian economic policy makers
Overseas and international economic statistics

Economic journalists, economists and academics

Australian economic journalists
Australian economists and academics
Overseas economists, journalists and academics

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The current economic environment

Media coverage of my report on replacements for the Spirits of Tasmania ferries

Saul Eslake stands by Spirits of Tasmania replacement report

Interview with Triple M-Hobart on ‘Choices and Consequences’

Interview with ABC The Drum about compulsory super contribution

Interview with Tasmania Talks on ‘Choices and Consequences’

Interview with ABC Hobart on ‘Choices and Consequences’

The Australian’s take on ‘Choices and Consequences’

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT

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

“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.”

“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.”

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