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	<title>Crikey &#187; ABS</title>
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		<title>The rise in independent contracting is a myth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/the-rise-in-independent-contracting-is-a-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/the-rise-in-independent-contracting-is-a-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craig emerson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Contractors Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute of Public Affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s time to declare an end to the alleged rise in “independent contracting” that has purportedly dominated Australian workplaces over the last decade.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/the-rise-in-independent-contracting-is-a-myth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd agenda backed by jobless stats</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/rudd-agenda-backed-by-jobless-stats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/rudd-agenda-backed-by-jobless-stats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian economy has again shown its resilience with the unemployment rate last month steady on 5.8%, where it has been since June.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Retail sales slip, Rudd gets stimulus reprieve</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/retail-sales-slip-rudd-gets-stimulus-reprieve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/retail-sales-slip-rudd-gets-stimulus-reprieve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/retail-sales-slip-rudd-gets-stimulus-reprieve/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has gone on a "cut back stimulus" sortie in the past couple of days, urging the Government to act on his demands. Not great timing given new retail and housing finance figures.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/retail-sales-slip-rudd-gets-stimulus-reprieve/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Just 800 more jobless for July</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/just-800-more-jobless-for-july/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/just-800-more-jobless-for-july/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobless data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite gloomy expectations, Australia's jobless rate remained steady at 5.8% last month, with a sharp, 32,000 rise in the number of people who found work.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/just-800-more-jobless-for-july/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The ABS is not your mate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/tips-and-rumours-67/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/tips-and-rumours-67/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian Public Service Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An unfriendly rule at the ABS, jobs may be going at the The Australian Public Service Commission, the LNP go into lockdown, and more from our tipsters.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/tips-and-rumours-67/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fifteen turbulent years of Australia&#8217;s economy, in graphs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/fifteen-turbulent-years-of-australias-economy-in-graphs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/fifteen-turbulent-years-of-australias-economy-in-graphs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graph pr0n]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/fifteen-turbulent-years-of-australias-economy-in-graphs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Bernard Keane</b> graphs the evolution of the Australian economy, and its politics, since the end of the Keating era.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/fifteen-turbulent-years-of-australias-economy-in-graphs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Business lending slumps, so CBA and others turn to housing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/business-lending-slumps-so-cba-and-others-turn-to-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/business-lending-slumps-so-cba-and-others-turn-to-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/business-lending-slumps-so-cba-and-others-turn-to-housing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Banks will move to make money from housing while they can, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/business-lending-slumps-so-cba-and-others-turn-to-housing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our 5.7% jobless figure looks much nicer than the US 9.4%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/our-57-jobless-figure-looks-much-nicer-that-the-us-94/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/our-57-jobless-figure-looks-much-nicer-that-the-us-94/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/our-57-jobless-figure-looks-much-nicer-that-the-us-94/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The one point to be made with certainty from today's jobless figures is that the Australian labour market is not as stricken by recession as America's, or Europe's, or Japan's.

]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/our-57-jobless-figure-looks-much-nicer-that-the-us-94/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>No trade boost this quarter to help national growth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/no-trade-boost-this-quarter-to-help-national-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/no-trade-boost-this-quarter-to-help-national-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national accounts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/no-trade-boost-this-quarter-to-help-national-growth/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ABS figures show a slump in Australia's trade performance.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/no-trade-boost-this-quarter-to-help-national-growth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia avoids recession: what the pundits say</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/australia-avoids-recession-what-the-pundits-say/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/australia-avoids-recession-what-the-pundits-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national accounts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=64221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s confirmation that the Australian economy had avoided a technical recession sent the Rudd government into a fit of giggles, but the commentariat was less enamoured.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/australia-avoids-recession-what-the-pundits-say/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trade figures raise hopes of better national accounts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/trade-figures-raise-hopes-of-better-national-accounts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/trade-figures-raise-hopes-of-better-national-accounts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/trade-figures-raise-hopes-of-better-national-accounts/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The chances of a slightly better than expected set of growth figures in tomorrow's national accounts have risen with a solid balance of payments for the March quarter. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/trade-figures-raise-hopes-of-better-national-accounts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>ABS figures show the building boom is alive and growing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/abs-figures-show-the-building-boom-is-alive-and-growing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/abs-figures-show-the-building-boom-is-alive-and-growing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first home owners grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homebuilding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/abs-figures-show-the-building-boom-is-alive-and-growing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 4.25% cut in interest rates and the first home buyer/builders grant continues to feed the rebound in home construction.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/abs-figures-show-the-building-boom-is-alive-and-growing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Economic data puts Australia on the precipice</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/economic-data-puts-australia-on-the-precipice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/economic-data-puts-australia-on-the-precipice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/economic-data-puts-australia-on-the-precipice/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business indicators fell in the March quarter, confirming expectations of a negative reading for first quarter growth.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/economic-data-puts-australia-on-the-precipice/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Resources boom has well and truly gone kaput</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/resources-boom-has-well-and-truly-gone-kaput/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/resources-boom-has-well-and-truly-gone-kaput/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resources boom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=62050</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The resources boom has gone well and truly kaput as the main driver of the Australian economy for the past five years takes a huge hit from the recession and credit crunch.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/resources-boom-has-well-and-truly-gone-kaput/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climate change and employment in Australia, what history says</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/climate-change-and-employment-in-australia-what-history-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/climate-change-and-employment-in-australia-what-history-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The main argument seems to be that we can’t tackle climate change until we've figured out where all the people who might lose their jobs would work. Well, recent history provides all the proof we need. writes <b>Richard Denniss</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/climate-change-and-employment-in-australia-what-history-says/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Construction activity returns to earth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/construction-activity-returns-to-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/construction-activity-returns-to-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction work figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61712</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning's construction work figures will get the gloomsters out ratting their worry beads today for next week's first quarter economic growth figures.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/construction-activity-returns-to-earth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>60 is not the new 40</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/age-discrimination-continues-in-the-workplace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/age-discrimination-continues-in-the-workplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension age increase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Age discrimination continues in the workplace, writes <b>Ava Hubble</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/age-discrimination-continues-in-the-workplace/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nice try Aussie journos</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-19/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal life expectancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Milne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The media really are going to extraordinary lengths to get Australian politicians implicated in the kind of expense account rorts that are battering the reputation of politicians in the United Kingdom. So far, no smoking gun. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-19/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia moves a fraction up the shame table of indigenous health</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/australia-moves-a-fraction-up-the-shame-table-of-indigenous-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/australia-moves-a-fraction-up-the-shame-table-of-indigenous-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal life expectancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stolen Generation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ABS's new work on indigenous death rates has dramatically narrowed the calculated life expectancy gap between indigenous Australians and the overall Australian community.

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		<title>Indigenous life expectancy gap slashed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/indigenous-life-expectancy-gap-slashed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/indigenous-life-expectancy-gap-slashed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal life expectancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ABS is about to dramatically intervene in the debate over the life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.]]></description>
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		<title>Car sales accelerate, economy gets into gear</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/car-sales-accelerate-economy-gets-into-gear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/car-sales-accelerate-economy-gets-into-gear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's another statistic which supports the belief that the Australian economy is travelling a bit better than we suspect at the moment.]]></description>
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		<title>ABS staff removal shemozzle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/abs-staff-removal-shemozzle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/abs-staff-removal-shemozzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 03:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The downright bizarre process adopted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to cut 180 staff prior to the Budget has now been acknowledged as “clearly inadequate”.]]></description>
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		<title>So which is it, recession or recovery?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/so-which-is-it-recession-or-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/so-which-is-it-recession-or-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 03:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If we have somehow segued from recession to recovery without noticing it, we’ll be in a very peculiar position regarding our official forecasts, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 09, quelle bore! And more</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-11/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ABS cuts mean that labour force stat sample is reduced, Indian voting reaches final stages, Budget was boring.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>ABS housing figures: first home buyers boom goes through the roof</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/12/abs-housing-figures-first-home-buyers-boom-goes-through-the-roof/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/12/abs-housing-figures-first-home-buyers-boom-goes-through-the-roof/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 03:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing affordability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The boosts to the first home buyers grants for new and existing housing have had a dramatic impact on levels of demand in the housing sector.
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