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Tim Colebatch

Tim Colebatch (1949–2024) was a frequent contributor to Inside Story between 2014 and 2023. He joined the Melbourne Age in 1971 and was successively environment writer, investigative reporter, editorial writer and columnist before becoming the paper’s Washington correspondent, economics writer, and ultimately economics editor and columnist.

Tim’s widely praised book, Dick Hamer: The Liberal Liberal, was reviewed for Inside Story by Judith Brett. His articles for Inside Story during 2016 received the Keith Dunstan Award for Commentary at the Melbourne Press Club’s Quill Awards.

Peter Martin recalls Tim’s career.

National affairs Tim Colebatch 2 September 2015 The numbers game | The good news in this week’s growth figures is hidden by the downturn in mining, writes Tim Colebatch
International Tim Colebatch 25 August 2015 An aversion to reform is not unique to democracies, writes Tim Colebatch. It’s getting in the way of China’s efforts to adjust to a new economic reality National affairs Tim Colebatch 5 August 2015 Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens seems to think we should expect lower long-term growth, writes Tim Colebatch. What do the figures say? National affairs Tim Colebatch 10 July 2015 China, Indonesia and other countries in the region come out of the IMF’s latest analysis looking quite a lot bigger, writes Tim Colebatch in the first of… International Tim Colebatch 25 May 2015 The NZ government sees economic as well as social benefits in breaking cycles of poverty and imprisonment. Although the policy has its critics, it’s worth watching, writes…
National affairs Tim Colebatch 13 May 2015 It’s the kind of budget Australian governments release when things aren’t going so well, writes Tim Colebatch. But its shaky assumptions could easily rebound…
National affairs Tim Colebatch 5 May 2015 Victoria’s Labor treasurer might have echoed Tolstoy in his budget speech, writes Tim Colebatch, but the fine print doesn’t rise to the challenges facing the state National affairs Tim Colebatch 4 May 2015 This week’s Victorian budget has passed up the opportunity to borrow at historically cheap rates to fund essential infrastructure, writes Tim Colebatch National affairs Tim Colebatch 13 April 2015 The new rules sought by premier Colin Barnett would have cost the state $7 billion during the boom years, writes Tim Colebatch. Is this an attempt to make the current… National affairs Tim Colebatch 8 April 2015 With a dramatically rising population and falling infrastructure spending, the pressure for action is growing, writes Tim Colebatch
National affairs Tim Colebatch 31 March 2015 Can the Coalition – and Labor and the Greens – rise to the challenge of tax reform? Tim Colebatch assesses the government’s discussion paper
National affairs Tim Colebatch 30 March 2015 Once the natural party of government, the Liberal Party has been performing badly across Australia for thirty years or more, writes Tim Colebatch. Mike Baird has shown… National affairs Tim Colebatch 5 March 2015 A serious message has been swamped by politics in this latest attempt to model the next forty years, argues Tim Colebatch in Canberra National affairs Tim Colebatch 24 February 2015 Elections in Victoria and Queensland have caught the pollsters wrong-footed, writes Tim Colebatch. Are unexpected preference flows making Australian elections harder to predict? National affairs Tim Colebatch 22 January 2015 Australia’s job market has failed badly since the global financial crisis, writes Tim Colebatch
National affairs Tim Colebatch 5 December 2014 The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem, writes Tim Colebatch