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	<title>Crikey &#187; Bernard Keane</title>
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		<title>Reporters as &#8216;co-conspirators&#8217; in Obama&#8217;s war on journalism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/21/reporters-as-co-conspirators-in-obamas-war-on-journalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/21/reporters-as-co-conspirators-in-obamas-war-on-journalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is engaged in a war on investigative journalism, backed by national security laws. The internet may free up information, but it also aids government surveillance.]]></description>
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		<title>The Power Index: election deciders, the pollsters at #10</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/21/the-power-index-election-deciders-pollsters-at-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/21/the-power-index-election-deciders-pollsters-at-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election Deciders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THE POWER INDEX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[galaxy poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neilsen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polling will definitely influence the election outcome on September 14 -- but not necessarily in the way you think. Evidence that polling directly influences how people vote is mixed -- especially in Australia where nobody wants to be the front-runner.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: tough-love voters want more budget pain</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/essential-tough-love-voters-want-more-budget-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/essential-tough-love-voters-want-more-budget-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WorkChoices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What's in for me? Today's Essential Report finds a curious response from voters to last week's budget -- voters think they'll be worse off from the budget, but want the government to do more to cut spending.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/essential-tough-love-voters-want-more-budget-pain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sudden outbreak of responsibility from both parties on budget</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/sudden-outbreak-of-responsibility-from-both-parties-on-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/sudden-outbreak-of-responsibility-from-both-parties-on-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=371819</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition's sudden enthusiasm for spending cuts is rather hypocritical -- but a welcome embrace of fiscal responsibility. Both major parties are lifting their game, improving the dire standards in political debate.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/sudden-outbreak-of-responsibility-from-both-parties-on-budget/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott budget reply: mind the gap between rhetoric and reality</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/abbott-budget-reply-mind-the-gap-between-rhetoric-and-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/abbott-budget-reply-mind-the-gap-between-rhetoric-and-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asylum Seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget 2013]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=371501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott's budget reply speech suggests that, despite a "budget emergency", a Coalition government's fiscal policy would be broadly similar to Labor's. His rhetoric is austere, but his promises are not.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/abbott-budget-reply-mind-the-gap-between-rhetoric-and-reality/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s budget reply: yes, you can have substance without risk</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/16/abbotts-budget-reply-yes-you-can-have-substance-without-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/16/abbotts-budget-reply-yes-you-can-have-substance-without-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Reply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=371133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year has demonstrated that the Opposition can produce policy without too much risk. The budget reply is an opportunity to continue that.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/16/abbotts-budget-reply-yes-you-can-have-substance-without-risk/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bumbling ASIC heralds new internet censorship era</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/16/bumbling-asic-heralds-new-internet-censorship-era/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/16/bumbling-asic-heralds-new-internet-censorship-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian securities and investments commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data retention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet filtering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Free University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=371063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ASIC has been revealed as the agency behind the blocking of a Melbourne education website, using a hitherto-unused internet censorship power.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/16/bumbling-asic-heralds-new-internet-censorship-era/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan&#8217;s mixed legacy as an economic and fiscal manager</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/15/swans-mixed-legacy-as-an-economic-and-fiscal-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/15/swans-mixed-legacy-as-an-economic-and-fiscal-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=370824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Wayne Swan had had a couple more budgets like last night's, he might have faced a different electoral fate.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/15/swans-mixed-legacy-as-an-economic-and-fiscal-manager/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Savings and spending: the key budget initiatives</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/savings-and-spending-the-key-budget-initiatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/savings-and-spending-the-key-budget-initiatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=370507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As in previous budgets, a huge chunk of Wayne Swan’s savings are actually tax rises or the closure of tax loopholes. He’s also targeted some relatively painless areas -- big companies, public servants -- for squeezing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/savings-and-spending-the-key-budget-initiatives/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan&#8217;s Way: incoherent political strategy for a strong economy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/swans-way-incoherent-political-strategy-for-a-strong-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/swans-way-incoherent-political-strategy-for-a-strong-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=370508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasurer Wayne Swan’s 2013-14 budget reflects his time as Treasurer: great economic outcomes, but delivered in a confused and incoherent way, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/swans-way-incoherent-political-strategy-for-a-strong-economy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan song: budget heads in right direction but lacks courage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/swansong-budget-heads-in-right-direction-but-lacks-courage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/swansong-budget-heads-in-right-direction-but-lacks-courage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=370505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan’s sixth and likely final budget charts a path to surplus, but fails to take enough tough decisions to rein in spending, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/swansong-budget-heads-in-right-direction-but-lacks-courage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan prepares budget legacy &#8212; minus &#8216;booby trap&#8217; bullshit</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/swan-prepares-budget-legacy-minus-booby-trap-bullshit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/swan-prepares-budget-legacy-minus-booby-trap-bullshit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=370212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is likely to be Wayne Swan's last budget. What legacy will he leave behind -- and is he really "booby trapping" the budget ahead of a likely Coalition takeover later this year?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/swan-prepares-budget-legacy-minus-booby-trap-bullshit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Going dark and the logic of mass surveillance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/going-dark-and-the-logic-of-mass-surveillance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/going-dark-and-the-logic-of-mass-surveillance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[data retention]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[national security inquiry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=370147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US agencies are grappling with the same technological challenges as British and Australian agencies but have the advantage of being able to act beyond the law.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/14/going-dark-and-the-logic-of-mass-surveillance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: something for everyone, but Liberal voters reject Abbott&#8217;s PPL</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/13/essential-something-for-everyone-but-liberal-voters-reject-abbotts-ppl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/13/essential-something-for-everyone-but-liberal-voters-reject-abbotts-ppl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 02:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Disability Insurance Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paid parental leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=370065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Both Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott have improved their standing with voters, this week's Essential Report reveals, but voters aren't impressed with Abbott's Paid Parental Leave scheme -- especially Liberal voters.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Data retention divergence as US, UK mull mass surveillance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/13/data-retention-divergence-as-us-uk-mull-mass-surveillance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/13/data-retention-divergence-as-us-uk-mull-mass-surveillance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 02:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEDIA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cameron government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[snoopers' charter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=369952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK and US appear to have diverged on the issue of internet surveillance, and that has serious implications for the efforts of Australia's security establishment to impose data retention.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>WorkChoices it ain&#8217;t, but Abbott&#8217;s IR plan is partly feral</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/10/abbott-unveils-minimalist-ir-policy-but-with-some-traps-for-unions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/10/abbott-unveils-minimalist-ir-policy-but-with-some-traps-for-unions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ABCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade unions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=369519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition has finally unveiled its IR policy, a minimalist document that is not without its concerns for trade unions -- and anyone walking past a building site.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bad news and economist holograms as pre-budget ritual rolls on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/08/bad-news-and-economist-holograms-as-pre-budget-ritual-rolls-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/08/bad-news-and-economist-holograms-as-pre-budget-ritual-rolls-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 02:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=369038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Behind the apparent fiscal chaos, the government is doing what it always does before its federal budget -- announcing the nasties beforehand. Will there be goodies on budget night?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/08/bad-news-and-economist-holograms-as-pre-budget-ritual-rolls-on/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shame on the media&#8217;s obsession with the Singlehouse &#8216;scandal&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/keane-shame-on-the-medias-obsession-with-the-singlehouse-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/keane-shame-on-the-medias-obsession-with-the-singlehouse-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MEDIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPORT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gair Waterhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Singleton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mainstream media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racing industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robbie waterhouse]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=368638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The John Singleton-Gai Waterhouse saga is a non-story that sums up where the mainstream media is headed. It's a ready-made narrative without meaning, and it's easy for the media to cover. Get used to this.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/keane-shame-on-the-medias-obsession-with-the-singlehouse-scandal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fantasy budget: Keane on the slow path to sustainability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/fantasy-budget-keane-on-the-slow-path-to-sustainability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/fantasy-budget-keane-on-the-slow-path-to-sustainability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fantasy budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle class welfare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=368595</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Big writedowns in revenues are a problem, but a slow path back to budget sustainability can be found by curbing big spending and tax items. <em>Crikey</em>'s political correspondent draws up his fantasy budget.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/fantasy-budget-keane-on-the-slow-path-to-sustainability/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: we&#8217;re ignorant on debt, and blame the government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/06/essential-were-ignorant-on-debt-and-blame-the-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/06/essential-were-ignorant-on-debt-and-blame-the-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 02:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public debt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=368296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A week out from what is expected to be a deficit budget, Essential asked voters their views on public debt. We're pretty ignorant, and we blame the government for what we see as a problem.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/06/essential-were-ignorant-on-debt-and-blame-the-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>David Hicks freezeframed in the media&#8217;s perpetual present</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/03/david-hicks-freezeframed-in-the-medias-perpetual-present/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/03/david-hicks-freezeframed-in-the-medias-perpetual-present/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 02:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MEDIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Associated Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david hicks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guantanamo bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=368059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, it was revealed David Hicks would be appealing against his conviction for supporting terrorism. Except it had all been reported six months ago, and no one bothered to check -- or to get the story right.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/03/david-hicks-freezeframed-in-the-medias-perpetual-present/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>The strange politics, and sensible economics, of the NDIS levy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/02/the-strange-politics-and-sensible-economics-of-the-ndis-levy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/02/the-strange-politics-and-sensible-economics-of-the-ndis-levy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 01:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Disability Insurance Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDIS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=367568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor is using revenue writedowns as justification for an unrelated tax increase -- but it's not actually a bad idea. From Canberra, <em>Crikey</em>'s man on the strange politics of the NDIS.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/02/the-strange-politics-and-sensible-economics-of-the-ndis-levy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s electoral fate: only terrible, not disastrous</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/30/labors-electoral-fate-only-terrible-not-disastrous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/30/labors-electoral-fate-only-terrible-not-disastrous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=366975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's poor performances in 2010 may ensure it only loses the next election, rather than being wiped out.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/30/labors-electoral-fate-only-terrible-not-disastrous/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Confusion sets in for a fiscally challenged government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/30/confusion-sets-in-for-a-fiscally-challenged-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/30/confusion-sets-in-for-a-fiscally-challenged-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Disability Insurance Scheme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=366910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard's speech on the government's fiscal challenge repeated Labor's bizarre claims that it understands that Aussie families are "doing it tough" due to "cost of living pressures" -- which the government knows is nonsense.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/30/confusion-sets-in-for-a-fiscally-challenged-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: voters worrying about the economy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/29/essential-voters-worrying-about-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/29/essential-voters-worrying-about-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=366734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Concerns about the direction of the Australian economy are growing but voters aren't enamoured of budget spending cuts.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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