Saul Eslake’s op-ed on the 2025-26 Victorian Budget, published in The Australian Financial Review on 20th May 2025

Saul Eslake’s op-ed article in The Australian Financial Review of 5th May 2025, looking at the economic policy landscape in the aftermath of the 2025 Federal election which saw the Labor Goverment of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese returned with an increased majority – something that no first-time government has ever previously achieved in Australian political history

Saul Eslake’s op-ed published in The Australian Financial Review on 30th April about two sources of risk to Australia’s AAA credit rating, highlighted by S&P’s warning at the beginning of the final week of the 2025 election campaign.

Saul 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 […]

Saul Eslake on ABC News Channel: Election 2025 Housing Policies could push up prices 

Saul 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:

Saul 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?

Saul Eslake’s reaction to both major parties’ proposed housing policies on 13th April 2025