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	<title>Crikey &#187; Christian Kerr</title>
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		<title>Media advisers thin on the ground in Rudd government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/22/media-advisers-thin-on-the-ground-in-rudd-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/22/media-advisers-thin-on-the-ground-in-rudd-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media advisers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the first two sitting weeks of the new government, Canberra insiders are wondering if a crisis is looming; in government media management, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Garnaut&#8217;s in and now Labor actually has to do something</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/22/garnauts-in-and-now-labor-actually-has-to-do-something/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/22/garnauts-in-and-now-labor-actually-has-to-do-something/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Garnaut Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[railway trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Garnaut]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the lead up to 24 November, greenhouse was a useful point of differentiation for the ALP. Now it’s something they have to do something about, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>More bad figures for Nelson: Morgan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/22/more-bad-figures-for-nelson-morgan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/22/more-bad-figures-for-nelson-morgan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Opposition leader Brendan Nelson has clocked up his second nine per cent in a week, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Libs won&#8217;t touch the Howard inner circle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/21/libs-wont-touch-the-howard-inner-circle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/21/libs-wont-touch-the-howard-inner-circle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Milne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janette Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pam williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ron weasley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey understands that Janette Howard effectively vetoed Liberal Party efforts for serious online campaigning last year, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>More woe for Mr 9%: Liberal MPs moan about his staff</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/20/more-woe-for-mr-9-liberal-mps-moan-about-his-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/20/more-woe-for-mr-9-liberal-mps-moan-about-his-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabinet colleagues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chief economist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael potter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter hendy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sms tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How did Brendan Nelson's office become a refuge for former ACCI highflyers, asks <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Swan: stop laughing, this is serious</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/19/swan-stop-laughing-this-is-serious/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/19/swan-stop-laughing-this-is-serious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john dawkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural rate of unemployment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credit where credit is due: it was very clever of Malcolm Turnbull to ask Wayne Swan that question on the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment. There’s just one problem with all of this. It’s not actually funny, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wayne Swan needs to learn the art of assertiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/18/wayne-swan-needs-to-learn-the-art-of-assertiveness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/18/wayne-swan-needs-to-learn-the-art-of-assertiveness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bully pulpit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herd mentality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sky News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sms tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan, the man in the second most important job in government appears to have a weak grip on his portfolio – or at least is too nervy to give a good fist of explaining his government’s plans and policy positions, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Saint Kevin’s mortal sin</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/18/saint-kevins-mortal-sin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/18/saint-kevins-mortal-sin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blind freddy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brian burke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corrupt, convicted, conniving – and convivial company? Almost 12 months after the issue was first raised the question still remains: why did St Kevin agree to dine with Brian Burke, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kevin 07 becomes Kevin Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/15/kevin-07-becomes-kevin-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/15/kevin-07-becomes-kevin-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conspiracy theorist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael brissenden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minister john howard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[senator barack obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his speech on Wednesday, the Prime Minister came close to plagiarising Barack Obama... twice. And there is an enormous irony in that, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wave of latte might just float Brendan Nelson&#8217;s boat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/15/wave-of-latte-might-just-float-brendan-nelsons-boat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/15/wave-of-latte-might-just-float-brendan-nelsons-boat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog whistles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immortal phrase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national library of australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson might actually have actually got quite a boost this week. Rather than being swept away by a wave of latte, he may have been carried to dry land, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan, Hockey to climb a steep learning curve</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/14/swan-hockey-to-climb-a-steep-learning-curve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/14/swan-hockey-to-climb-a-steep-learning-curve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deputy opposition leader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saul eslake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve bracks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In politics, words are bullets. You don’t spray them around randomly. You use them well. You pick your target carefully – then fire off your ammo with precision. No wonder the PM kept his head down when Wayne Swan was at the dispatch box yesterday. It was like hunting with Dick Cheney, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sorry Day reveals brilliance and bastardry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/14/sorry-day-reveals-brilliance-and-bastardry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/14/sorry-day-reveals-brilliance-and-bastardry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abiding belief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human decency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheer genius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tim gleason]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Morality and clever politics rarely come together. Yesterday Kevin Rudd ensured that they did. That is what makes the behaviour of his staffers Lachlan Harris and Tim Gleason so entirely contemptible, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>. 
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aboriginal Australia: the hard line according to Jenny Macklin</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/14/aboriginal-australia-the-hard-line-according-to-jenny-macklin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/14/aboriginal-australia-the-hard-line-according-to-jenny-macklin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabinet colleagues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mal brough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sms tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin use Sorry Day to announce a policy position that would have provoked uproar if it came from the Coalition? That’s what appears to have happened on The 7:30 Report last night, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s first Question Time: happy as a pig in mud</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/13/rudds-first-question-time-happy-as-a-pig-in-mud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/13/rudds-first-question-time-happy-as-a-pig-in-mud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Danby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve bracks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd is as happy as a pig in mud. Wayne Swan is as happy as a goldfish in a blender. They’re the conclusions that can be drawn from the first Rudd Government Question Time, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd says much more than just sorry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/13/rudd-says-much-more-than-just-sorry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/13/rudd-says-much-more-than-just-sorry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commonwealth parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[former Prime Ministers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some days the Commonwealth Parliament is truly the heart of the nation – or maybe the soul, the place from where the mood of the nation stems, eloquent of tongue and generous of spirit. Today was one of these, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b> . 
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd cleaning out the messy media messengers: II</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/12/rudd-cleaning-out-the-messy-media-messengers-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/12/rudd-cleaning-out-the-messy-media-messengers-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark mutterings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hawke government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[massive flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media advisers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The management of media management might be a bit of a more difficult task than the Rudd Government first thought, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull v Minchin: a question of expletives</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/12/turnbull-v-minchin-a-question-of-expletives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/12/turnbull-v-minchin-a-question-of-expletives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false assertion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal senators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claims in the <i>Weekend Australian</i> that Liberal Senate leader Nick Minchin "swore at Malcolm Turnbull during an ugly public clash over leadership tensions" are "a lie and defamatory," according to a memo circulated to Liberal Senators and MPs by Minchin, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The sorry business of saying sorry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/12/the-sorry-business-of-saying-sorry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/12/the-sorry-business-of-saying-sorry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, at around nine o’clock, the Prime Minister will rise to his feet in the House of Representatives to put a motion offering an apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples. The formal process of saying sorry will be underway. The Leader of the House, Anthony Albanese, though, says an Indigenous representative will not be able to respond. <b>Christian Kerr</b> asks why?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd cleaning out the messy media messengers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/11/rudd-cleaning-out-the-messy-media-messengers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/11/rudd-cleaning-out-the-messy-media-messengers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death throes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign minister downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media liaisons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mick Keelty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prime minister howard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The furore over the handling of Haneef – let AFP chief Mick Keelty’s views on the media and terrorism – may have died down for now, but the Rudd Government has learned the lessons, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin wedges Brendan as new term starts.Yaroo!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/11/kevin-wedges-brendan-as-new-term-startsyaroo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/11/kevin-wedges-brendan-as-new-term-startsyaroo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[battle of kursk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malcolm gladwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political commentators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[von manstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedge politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow Labor MPs take to the seats on the government side of the House for the very first time since 1995. Everything old is new again, even though most political commentators are too wet behind the ears to have noticed, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Inflation and productivity: all together now</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/24/inflation-and-productivity-all-together-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/24/inflation-and-productivity-all-together-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cra international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ending the blame game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government service provision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public sector employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages and salaries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth Government is talking tough on fiscal policy. They have to, to back up their equally tough line on monetary policy. But they’re just one level of government. What are the states and territories doing? <b>Christian Kerr</b> investigates.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another tick for Costello financial management. Not</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/23/another-tick-for-costello-financial-management-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/23/another-tick-for-costello-financial-management-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic credentials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education endowment fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sms tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Market talk says that the Future Fund has dropped close to $10 billion amid the recent turmoil. Is Peter Costello to blame? <b>Christian Kerr</b> investigates.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trap for young spinners</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/23/trap-for-young-spinners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/23/trap-for-young-spinners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gerry ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leader kevin rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metro newspapers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sms tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Few readers will recall the "Whip inflation now" campaign, Gerry Ford’s ill-fated attempted to spur a grassroots movement to combat inflation by changing American’s spending and saving habits. We’ve seen dumb media management of inflation efforts from our own glorious leader, Kevin Rudd, in the last couple of days, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: Better than it might have been for Dr Brendan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/22/newspoll-better-than-it-might-have-been-for-dr-brendan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/22/newspoll-better-than-it-might-have-been-for-dr-brendan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hewson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poll bludger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no real surprise in the voting intention or preferred prime minister figures in the first Newspoll for the year. Indeed, they are academic. Still, opposition leader Brendan Nelson can draw heart from his approval rating, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Malcolm Turnbull’s secrets for success</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/22/malcolm-turnbulls-secrets-for-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/22/malcolm-turnbulls-secrets-for-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abc newsradio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secrets of wealth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull has been a very successful business person, but did he really mean to share some secrets of wealth creation yesterday? <b>Christian Kerr</b> investigates.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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