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		<title>REVIEW: Cavalia &#124; Moore Park, Sydney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Cavalia</em> is short on gimmicks and big on heart. The big-top import touring Sydney and Melbourne has horses as it stars, but after a long canter never breaks into a gallop.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2013/05/20/review-cavalia-moore-park-sydney/</link>
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		<title>Essential: tough-love voters want more budget pain</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/essential-tough-love-voters-want-more-budget-pain/</link>
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		<title>News Limited exec offers up to $100k in secret legal payment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The war over real estate advertising in Geelong is hotting up, with a News Limited executive offering to help pay the legal fees of an estate agent to defend himself against claims made by a publication part-owned by Fairfax.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/news-limited-exec-offers-up-to-100k-in-secret-legal-payment/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;It&#8217;s all a hallucination&#8217;: the death of the election tally room</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Channel Seven and Channel Nine have said they won't be calling this year's election from the famous tally room -- will the ABC follow suit? ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/its-all-a-hallucination-the-death-of-the-election-tally-room/</link>
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		<title>Prime payouts become intriguing courtroom drama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The corporate watchdog is putting two directors of collapsed retirement fund Prime -- Bill Lewski and Michael Wooldridge -- into the dock. Their answers on the dramatic downfall are intriguing.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/prime-payouts-become-intriguing-courtroom-drama/</link>
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		<title>Eurovision, but English is the language of pop music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first real post-austerity Eurovision may have been heavy on backing singers in black and light on pyrotechnics, but it still had most of the pageantry and passion we&#8217;ve come to expect. With the eurozone banking collapse and the rise of the eurosceptics, as well as the continuing strength of central Asian entries like Azerbaijan, the very fabric [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/eurovision-but-english-is-the-language-of-pop-music/</link>
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		<title>The Power Index: who&#8217;ll really decide the federal election?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The wonks, the flacks, the hacks and the headkickers -- here are the people who are doing their damnedest to get Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott into the Lodge. <em>The Power Index</em> names the string-pullers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/the-power-index-wholl-really-decide-the-federal-election/</link>
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		<title>Turning Left</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers talk about real left-wing values and engage in metallurgical one-upmanship.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/turning-left/</link>
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		<title>Glenn Dyer&#8217;s TV ratings: Euro-pop rules the airwaves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The big winner over the weekend was SBS with its coverage of Eurovision.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/glenn-dyers-tv-ratings-euro-pop-rules-the-airwaves/</link>
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		<title>Morning Market Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US consumer sentiment was up from 76.4 to a six-year high of 83.7 in May, beating the forecast of 78.0.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/morning-market-report-297/</link>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s chunky bits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joe Hockey's words of wisdom: "having more women in the workforce increases participation." Plus other political views noted along the way]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-154/</link>
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		<title>Free Range or Free Market</title>
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		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/free-range-or-free-market/</link>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roger Corbett heading for the Fairfax exit? ... courts stacked with Labor favourites? ... Penny "Pansy" Wong mystery put to rest ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/tips-and-rumours-882/</link>
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		<title>Crikey says: who&#8217;s influencing your vote?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We're firmly in election mode (even if Labor isn't): <em>The Power Index</em> names the people who'll decide how you vote, Bernard Keane on the Coalition's priorities, and Matthew Knott reports on the slow death of the traditional election-night tally room. Plus the economic outlook from China, and the language of Eurovision.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/crikey-says-whos-influencing-your-vote/</link>
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		<title>Crikey Clarifier: why is the EU carbon scheme hitting our budget?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Europe's low carbon price hit Australia's budget last week in a big way. <b>Erwin Jackson</b> from the Climate Institute explains why, and looks at what might happen next.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/crikey-clarifier-why-is-the-eu-carbon-scheme-hitting-our-budget/</link>
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		<title>Sudden outbreak of responsibility from both parties on budget</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/sudden-outbreak-of-responsibility-from-both-parties-on-budget/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Don&#8217;t mention this&#8217;: China&#8217;s economy is worse than you think</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese economy is no longer growing at a rate of knots. Will the new leadership succeed with economic reform -- and what would happen to Australia if they don't?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/20/dont-mention-this-chinas-economy-is-worse-than-you-think/</link>
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		<title>Sydney spinners sail to King Island for anti-turbine fight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The PR war over wind turbines on King Island is heating up as professional operatives jump on board. Ben Haslem and John Wells are backing the No TasWind Farm Group to run the project off the island.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/sydney-spinners-sail-to-king-island-for-anti-turbine-fight/</link>
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		<title>Crikey calling: budget blues &#8212; and surprises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Budget week in Canberra highlighted the economic constraints facing an Abbott government -- and gave a hint that the Coalition may be Labor lite when it comes to future budgets. <em>Crikey</em> deputy editor <b>Cathy Alexander</b> talks with Canberra correspondent <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/crikey-calling-budget-blues-and-surprises/</link>
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		<title>Poll Bludger&#8217;s seat of the week: Liberal heartland Aston</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The outer eastern Melbourne electorate of Aston was created with the expansion of parliament in 1984 and held by Labor in the early years of its existence, since which time it has steadily strengthened for the Liberals. It covers the Liberal-leaning suburbs of Wantirna in the north and Rowville in the south, along with naturally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/poll-bludgers-seat-of-the-week-liberal-heartland-aston/</link>
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		<title>Abbott budget reply: mind the gap between rhetoric and reality</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/abbott-budget-reply-mind-the-gap-between-rhetoric-and-reality/</link>
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		<title>The op-ed rejected by the papers: unions and employers agree on skills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The newspapers didn't want to publish a joint op-ed by business lobbyist <b>Peter Anderson</b> and unions boss <b>Ged Kearney</b> on the need to upskill Australian workers. <em>Crikey</em> is happy to.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/the-op-ed-rejected-by-the-papers-unions-and-employers-agree-on-skills/</link>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s golden promises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em>readers talk gold in its various permutations and what the Treasurer's real job is.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/abbotts-golden-promises/</link>
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		<title>Morning Market Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US year-on-year housing starts were down 16.5% to 853,000 -- well below expectations of 985,000.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/morning-market-report-296/</link>
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		<title>Glenn Dyer&#8217;s TV ratings: House Rules needs more than a paint job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven had hopes its new <em>House Rules</em> would upset <em>The Block</em> on Nine, but viewers just aren't drawn to it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/17/glenn-dyers-tv-ratings-house-rules-needs-more-than-a-paint-job/</link>
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