Judith Sloan

Judith SloanContributing Economics Editor

Judith Sloan is an economist and company director. She holds degrees from the University of Melbourne and the London School of Economics. She has held a number of government appointments, including Commissioner of the Productivity Commission; Commissioner of the Australian Fair Pay Commission; and Deputy Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Former treasurer of Australia Peter Costello with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the match between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybalenka of Kazakhstan in the WomenÃs Singles Final on Rod Laver Arena, Day 13 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park, Saturday, January 28, 2023. MANDATORY PHOTO CREDIT Tennis Australia/ AARON FRANCIS

Stage three cuts were a vital reform, not populism

Walking back from the stage three cuts both breaks a promise and foregoes an important structural reform.

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18/1/24: Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Burke is in Sydney today and will hold a press conference about the latest ABS Labour Force Figures. John Feder/The Australian.

Burke opts for a bypass on waterfront

Can you imagine prime minister Bob Hawke refusing to intervene in an industrial dispute that is beginning to affect a large chunk of the national economy?

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Caricature illustration by Paul Newman of economist John Maynard Keynes.

It’s so logical: why I love the field of economics

For this economist, joining the discipline was about enjoying its logic and apreciating its breadth.

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Miniature wooden houses and a red arrow down. The concept of low cost real estate. Lower mortgage interest rates. Falling prices for rental housing and apartments. Reducing demand for home buying

The benefits of surging migration are vastly exaggerated

The surge in net overseas migration is unsustainable. Overwhelmingly, the new migrants are not skilled and the pressures on the housing market will not ease until the migrant intake is substantially reduced.

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EMBARGO FOR TWAM 18 DEC 2021. FEES MAY APPLY. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos October 11, 2021: Foot traffic was non-existent outside Flinders St station in the heart of Melbourne, while the once jam-packed laneways, were completely empty. Melbourne is a ghost town compared to Sydney which is opening up.Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

Did Covid really change anything about our economy?

There is no excuse for overlooking the economic policy lessons of the pandemic and ignoring the risks that were being run by massively increasing government spending.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos - 13 DECEMBER, 2023: People carry shopping bags while walking along Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Diego Fedele

Treasury’s 2023 report card leaves little to boast about

2023 has been a challenge for many Australians, particularly those with large mortgages. A central issue now is the speed at which inflation declines.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos December 13, 2023: General economic and Christmas spending coverage from central Sydney as Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook for this financial year.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles

It’s time for some honesty about fall in living standards

Jim Chalmers really needs to start telling the story that the fiscal salad days are over and real government spending needs to be returned to pre-pandemic levels.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. DECEMBER 5, 2023: Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Energy Minister Chris Bowen meet with investors representing $2.5 trillion in capital including the nation's biggest banks, super funds and asset managers for the latest TreasurerÃ¢â¬â¢s Investor Roundtable at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Chalmers misses the mark on spending restraint

It’s fine for Jim Chalmers to declare ‘responsible economic management is the government’s defining feature’, but simply saying this doesn’t make it so.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. DECEMBER 11, 2023: Minister for Home Affairs Clare O'Neil, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia Bran Black, ACTU Assistant Secretary Liam OÃ¢â¬â¢Brien hold a press conference to unveil the full details of the overhaul to the immigration system, including new rules for temporary visa holders at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Labor’s migrant ‘reset’ a triumph of smoke and mirrors politics

The reality is Labor is not really inclined to reduce the migrant intake significantly because of the sectional pressures being brought to bear to maintain an open-door approach.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, NCA NewsWIRE, Monday, 14 August 2023.People pictured at arrivals at Sydney Airport.Picture: NCA NewsWIRE/ Monique Harmer

Political backlash awaits Labor unless migration is tamed

We are witnessing a significant electoral backlash to migration across several countries. Unless the size of our migrant intake is scaled back, there is every reason to think this will happen here.

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