<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Crikey &#187; Federal</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.crikey.com.au/politics/australia/federal/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.crikey.com.au</link>
	<description>now with extra source</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Nostalgianomics and the ongoing rewriting of economic history</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/nostalgianomics-and-the-ongoing-rewriting-of-economic-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/nostalgianomics-and-the-ongoing-rewriting-of-economic-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asian financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273699</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition's rewriting of economic history continues apace as part of its obsession with the Howard years.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/nostalgianomics-and-the-ongoing-rewriting-of-economic-history/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>232</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rio Tinto, BHP results cloud mining tax bottom line</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/rio-tinto-bhp-results-cloud-mining-tax-bottom-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/rio-tinto-bhp-results-cloud-mining-tax-bottom-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asian economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iron ore prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just how much money will the government’s revised mining tax end up raising from the big players, ask <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/rio-tinto-bhp-results-cloud-mining-tax-bottom-line/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Guilty confessions of an Australian republican</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/politics-and-policies-of-prince-charles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/politics-and-policies-of-prince-charles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Republican Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prince Charles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queen Elizabeth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[royal family]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For Australian republicans, Prince Charles has often been seen as an easy target, writes freelancer <b>David Ritter</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/politics-and-policies-of-prince-charles/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How the &#8216;resource curse&#8217; eats at the heart of Bougainville</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/how-the-resource-curse-eats-at-the-heart-of-bougainville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/how-the-resource-curse-eats-at-the-heart-of-bougainville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antony Loewenstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bougainville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Somare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[port moresby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bougainvilleans may have won the war but the peace has left years of inertia, and a province desperately needing rehabilitation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/how-the-resource-curse-eats-at-the-heart-of-bougainville/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Will constitutional recognition advance Australia fair?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/will-constitutional-recognition-advance-australia-fair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/will-constitutional-recognition-advance-australia-fair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal and torres strait islander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traditional aboriginal culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The report examining options to recognise indigenous people in the constitution lays out an important project of modernisation, says professor <b>Jon Altman</b> of ANU's Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/will-constitutional-recognition-advance-australia-fair/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The pomp of Slippery Pete</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/parliamentary-pomp-in-the-land-down-under/46/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/parliamentary-pomp-in-the-land-down-under/46/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Slipper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Speaker of the House Peter Slipper has been mocked donning a gown and bow-tie and demanding the ye olde grand Speaker entry. He's just embracing traditions, a rarity in Australian politics, notes <b>Mike Seccombe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/parliamentary-pomp-in-the-land-down-under/46/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Morgan phone poll: 55-45 to Coalition</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/02/09/morgan-phone-poll-55-45-to-coalition-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/02/09/morgan-phone-poll-55-45-to-coalition-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morgan poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roy morgan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite its modest sample of 543 and high margin of error, Morgan's phone poll conducted over the past two nights shows similar results from other pollsters, although slightly at the Coalition end of the scale, writes <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/02/09/morgan-phone-poll-55-45-to-coalition-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Possum: Labor&#8217;s problem is an immovable 2PP vote</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2012/02/09/the-2012-state-of-play/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2012/02/09/the-2012-state-of-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we all get reacquainted with the madness of the new political season, the time is ripe to do a bit of a comprehensive rundown about the actual state of play of our political polling, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2012/02/09/the-2012-state-of-play/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Weak prices, outlook pressure Alcoa &#8212; not the dollar</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/weak-prices-outlook-pressure-alcoa-not-the-dollar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/weak-prices-outlook-pressure-alcoa-not-the-dollar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aluminium prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blaming the value of the Australian dollar for all the problems and ills in manufacturing has become the easy option, write  <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/weak-prices-outlook-pressure-alcoa-not-the-dollar/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why we need a big green bank for low carbon transition</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/why-we-need-a-big-green-bank-for-low-carbon-transition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/why-we-need-a-big-green-bank-for-low-carbon-transition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Finance Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Flagships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar projects]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the arguments that has been thrown forward against the proposed Clean Energy Finance Corporation is that it will be good money thrown after bad, writes <b>Giles Parkinson</b> at <a href="http://reneweconomy.com.au/"><em>RenewEconomy</em></a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/why-we-need-a-big-green-bank-for-low-carbon-transition/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>OurSay challenges MPs on intervention, banking and personal wealth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/oursay-challenges-mps-on-intervention-banking-and-personal-wealth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/oursay-challenges-mps-on-intervention-banking-and-personal-wealth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Territory intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Say]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OurSay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The People's Question]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Questions on the NT intervention, a people’s bank, MPs’ tax and uranium-based munitions returns have emerged in Our Say’s People’s Question project]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/oursay-challenges-mps-on-intervention-banking-and-personal-wealth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wind farms, the Waubra Foundation and a post-office box</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/wind-farms-and-mining-investment-companies-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/wind-farms-and-mining-investment-companies-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Landscape Guardians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john madigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining industries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind farms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator John Madigan is due to call for a total moratorium on all wind farm development while the rest of the world reached a record level of output, with wind now contributing 3% of the world’s electricity generation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/wind-farms-and-mining-investment-companies-australia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Indigenous community pleads with minister on NT nuclear dump</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/indigenous-community-pleads-with-minister-on-nt-nuclear-dump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/indigenous-community-pleads-with-minister-on-nt-nuclear-dump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal land rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucas Heights reactor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear waste dump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive waste management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traditional owners]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government is pushing ahead with plans for a nuclear waste dump in the NT. But traditional owners of the site say claims they support the dump are false, writes <b>Freya Cole</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/indigenous-community-pleads-with-minister-on-nt-nuclear-dump/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A note of civility, care of Slipper</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/crikey-says-a-note-of-civility-care-of-slipper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/crikey-says-a-note-of-civility-care-of-slipper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OurSay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Slipper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaker of the House]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273343</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Parliament's back in session, and much to the surprise/delight/slight disappointment of the gallery and interested observers, it seems to be proceeding in an orderly fashion.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/crikey-says-a-note-of-civility-care-of-slipper/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The spin doctor who&#8217;ll go where others refuse</title>
		<link>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/spinners/toby-ralph</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/spinners/toby-ralph#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spinners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Power Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toby Ralph]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Toby Ralph has no office, no job title and no qualms about spinning for the forces of darkness. "I'll work for anyone who pays me," Liberal campaign veteran Ralph tells <b>Matthew Knott< </b>.</b>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/spinners/toby-ralph/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Private health insurance: &#8216;the parasite of the health system&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/08/who-wants-a-health-system-designed-for-the-better-off/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/08/who-wants-a-health-system-designed-for-the-better-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do most Australians really want a healthcare system structured to ensure that the better off get better access to health services? asks <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/08/who-wants-a-health-system-designed-for-the-better-off/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What would a second Sydney airport cost?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2012/02/08/what-would-a-second-sydney-airport-cost/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2012/02/08/what-would-a-second-sydney-airport-cost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The widely accepted estimated figure for a second Sydney airport is $15 billion. But where the hell did this figure come from and accurate and reliable is it? asks <b>Alan Davies</b>.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2012/02/08/what-would-a-second-sydney-airport-cost/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>On Gillard, sexism and Lady Macbeth</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2012/02/09/what-do-we-mean-by-%E2%80%98sexist%E2%80%99-when-we-refer-to-the-criticisms-of-gillard/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2012/02/09/what-do-we-mean-by-%E2%80%98sexist%E2%80%99-when-we-refer-to-the-criticisms-of-gillard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do we mean by ‘sexist’ when we refer to criticisms of Julia Gillard? The lack of agreement on the question of whether criticism of Gillard is sexist boils down to how we think about sexism, writes <b>Robin Cameron</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2012/02/09/what-do-we-mean-by-%E2%80%98sexist%E2%80%99-when-we-refer-to-the-criticisms-of-gillard/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Coalition&#8217;s fog of fiscal confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/coalition-internal-costings-process-and-fiscal-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/coalition-internal-costings-process-and-fiscal-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Briggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Morrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition's confusion over its fiscal policy reflects the gap between its small government rhetoric and political reality.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/coalition-internal-costings-process-and-fiscal-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>142</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A simple copyright amendment? Sports chiefs don’t understand</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/a-simple-copyright-amendment-sports-chiefs-don%e2%80%99t-understand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/a-simple-copyright-amendment-sports-chiefs-don%e2%80%99t-understand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our copyright law is a wondrous complex beast, and even apparently simple tweaks carry the potential for significant unintended consequences, writes <b>Kimberlee Weatherall</b>, an associate professor in Sydney University's Faculty of Law.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/a-simple-copyright-amendment-sports-chiefs-don%e2%80%99t-understand/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>RBA could increase rates if there&#8217;s a sharp rise in inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-could-increase-rates-if-theres-a-sharp-rise-in-inflation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-could-increase-rates-if-theres-a-sharp-rise-in-inflation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece default]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US dollar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lots of mea culpas this morning from business economists and media pundits who got the Reserve Bank rate decision horribly wrong yesterday, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-could-increase-rates-if-theres-a-sharp-rise-in-inflation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>L-3: the $15b defence contractor that will be scanning us</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/l-3-communications-body-scanning-technology-airports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/l-3-communications-body-scanning-technology-airports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airport security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body scanners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of the war on terror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L3 Communications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The company that will get $28 million for providing airport body scanners is a huge US defence contractor with a scandalous history.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/l-3-communications-body-scanning-technology-airports/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Kohler: trouble in a carry trade paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-rates-on-hold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-rates-on-hold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Keynesian purists are all clutching their foreheads, but actually it’s pretty fabulous that Australia’s politicians are competing with each other to promise budget surpluses.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-rates-on-hold/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>It&#8217;s Groundhog Dog in Oz politics</title>
		<link>http://thefailedestate.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/groundhog-plays.html</link>
		<comments>http://thefailedestate.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/groundhog-plays.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press gallery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as Punxsutawney Phil's shadow is seen as a sign of how long winter will last, Labor ministers -- and especially the media -- religiously analyse Julia Gillard's shadow to try and determine the length of her tenure, writes <b>Mr Denmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thefailedestate.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/groundhog-plays.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Reserve Bank’s inclination to punish</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/02/07/the-reserve-banks-inclination-to-punish/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/02/07/the-reserve-banks-inclination-to-punish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of Australia are a callous lot, says <b>Richard Farmer</b>. Let’s not worry about those 5.2% of people without a job, or all those working less hours than they would like to.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/02/07/the-reserve-banks-inclination-to-punish/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Page Caching using disk: enhanced
Object Caching 1599/1618 objects using apc

Served from: www.crikey.com.au @ 2012-02-12 10:45:51 -->
