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It’s Europeans (and others) versus Trump

I don’t suffer from what some of President Donald Trump’s more fervent supporters – both in the US and in Australia – like to call “Trump...

22.02.2025 20

InDaily

Saul Eslake

It’s Europeans (and others) versus Trump

It’s Europeans (and others) versus Trump
20.02.2025 100

The New Daily

Saul Eslake

As expected, the RBA cut its cash rate – but played down the prospects for a series of follow-up moves

As expected, the RBA cut its cash rate – but played down the prospects for a series of follow-up moves
18.02.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Saul Eslake

Europeans (and others) vs Trump

Europeans (and others) vs Trump
18.02.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Saul Eslake

Liberal Party is yet to heed the message sent in Werribee

Liberal Party is yet to heed the message sent in Werribee
11.02.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Saul Eslake

Liberal Party is yet to heed the message sent in Werribee

State and federal oppositions will draw encouragement from the byelection result. But neither has shown voters a coherent and credible budget and...

09.02.2025 10

Financial Review

Saul Eslake

Western Australia is rolling in (even more) cash – thanks to nature, China and both sides of federal politics

No wonder the Western Australian state government left it until Christmas Eve to release its Mid-Year Budget Update (officially titled Mid-Year...

29.12.2024 4

Pearls and Irritations

Saul Eslake

Axing negative gearing won’t have any effect on rentals

Negative gearing costs Australian taxpayers billions each year. Its defenders say abolishing it will cause a rental crisis. That’s not true. One of...

25.09.2024 4

Pearls and Irritations

Saul Eslake

Will Labor have the guts to propose changes to negative gearing?

Press reports this week suggest that the Albanese Government has sought advice from Treasury about possible changes to negative gearing and the...

25.09.2024 5

Pearls and Irritations

Saul Eslake

Which family drama has Rupert Murdoch in a leading role?

20.09.2024 6

The Guardian

Saul Eslake

Axing negative gearing won’t cause a rental crisis. Here’s the maths

One of the great urban myths of Australian political history is that “rents went through the roof” after then treasurer Paul Keating abolished...

20.09.2024 20

The Guardian

Saul Eslake

Why WA gets the share of GST that it wants

WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti MLA is almost certainly right when she says that there would be a “voter backlash” [in Western Australia] if “you...

06.09.2024 4

Pearls and Irritations

Saul Eslake

‘Price-gouging’ and ‘profiteering’ haven’t been major contributors to Australian inflation

Australia’s experience over the past three years of the highest inflation in 35 years is in large part — as it has been in other countries — the...

29.08.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Saul Eslake

There’s just no evidence that profits are pushing up prices

Consumer prices have been rising. But its costs not profits that have been doing the driving, writes Saul Eslake.

26.08.2024 20

Financial Review

Saul Eslake