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	<title>Crikey &#187; australia economy</title>
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		<title>Spending borrowed monies leads to false bravado</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/spending-borrowed-monies-leads-to-false-bravado/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/spending-borrowed-monies-leads-to-false-bravado/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first home owners grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you were to believe world stock markets, the recession is drawing to a close, with the wisdom of government spending and global monetary easing spurring the world to another economic recovery. But the markets have long proven to be an unfaithful talisman. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political economy: neoliberalism emerges triumphant</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/political-economy-neoliberalism-emerges-triumphant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/political-economy-neoliberalism-emerges-triumphant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neoliberal economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is looking increasingly likely that the neoliberal (whatever that is) paradise that is Australia's economy is powering through the Great Crash with hardly a lost beat, says <b>Henry Thornton</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>What price a cuppa?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/what-price-a-cuppa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/what-price-a-cuppa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wheat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Afternoon tea is about to get a whole lot more expensive, with milk, tea and sugar prices are all at or near multi-year highs.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s stimulus has nothing to do with the economy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/rudds-stimulus-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/rudds-stimulus-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian economy has proven to be remarkably resilient -- but it has very little to do with the Federal government's stimulus package, writes <b>Sinclair Davidson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/rudds-stimulus-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-economy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
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		<title>Recession? What recession?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/recession-what-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/recession-what-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank now believes Australia will escape a recession, having lifted its 2009 growth rate from a contraction of 1% in the May Statement on Monetary Policy, to growth of 0.5%.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/recession-what-recession/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Park the Debt Truck! Household debt reaches 100% of GDP!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/park-the-debt-truck-household-debt-reaches-100-of-gdp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/park-the-debt-truck-household-debt-reaches-100-of-gdp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt truck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government debt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don't listen to the debt alarmists, study the facts, writes <b>Sean Carmody</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>That&#8217;s no green shoot, that&#8217;s Australia in full bloom: OECD</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/thats-no-green-shoot-thats-australia-in-full-bloom-oecd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/thats-no-green-shoot-thats-australia-in-full-bloom-oecd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's clear that Australia will have the best performing economy among the major economies this year.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/thats-no-green-shoot-thats-australia-in-full-bloom-oecd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Slowdown continues to grip Oz economy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/slowdown-continues-to-grip-oz-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/slowdown-continues-to-grip-oz-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More signs of the slowdown continuing to grip the Australian economy, with another 4% fall in the value of imports in February, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/slowdown-continues-to-grip-oz-economy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grants distort lending in the housing market</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/grants-distort-lending-in-the-housing-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/grants-distort-lending-in-the-housing-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first home owners grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It appears that the Federal Government has not headed the lessons of the US sub-prime debacle, which saw government intervention distort lending practices, writes <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/grants-distort-lending-in-the-housing-market/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>NAB: Oz recession happening as we speak</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/10/nab-oz-recession-happening-as-we-speak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/10/nab-oz-recession-happening-as-we-speak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The current quarter will see Australia slide into an official recession, according to the latest business survey from the National Australia Bank, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/10/nab-oz-recession-happening-as-we-speak/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keating: a chance to remake the global financial system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/keating-a-chance-to-remake-the-global-financial-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/keating-a-chance-to-remake-the-global-financial-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Until international monetary governance is democratised, or at least is more representative, no major developing country, creditor or otherwise, is going to put its head into the IMF cum US Treasury noose, writes <b>Paul Keating</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/keating-a-chance-to-remake-the-global-financial-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s long-running property bubble has burst</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/03/australias-long-running-property-bubble-has-burst/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/03/australias-long-running-property-bubble-has-burst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is on the threshold of a domestic credit crunch caused by falling collateral values, writes <b>Gavin Putland</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/03/australias-long-running-property-bubble-has-burst/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>ABARE forecasts grim times ahead for &#8216;Asia&#8217;s quarry&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/03/abare-forecasts-grim-times-ahead-for-asias-quarry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/03/abare-forecasts-grim-times-ahead-for-asias-quarry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABARE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodity outlook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is facing several years of falling commodity export income, according to a grim commodity outlook released this morning, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/03/abare-forecasts-grim-times-ahead-for-asias-quarry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time for a high income super tax?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/time-for-a-high-income-super-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/time-for-a-high-income-super-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Regulation is easier said than done, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/time-for-a-high-income-super-tax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: Pacific a symbol of credit crunch, not recession</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/kohler-pacific-a-symbol-of-credit-crunch-not-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/kohler-pacific-a-symbol-of-credit-crunch-not-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Watching interviews with crestfallen Pacific Brands workers on the TV news last night was heartbreaking, writes <b>Alan Kohler</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/kohler-pacific-a-symbol-of-credit-crunch-not-recession/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Blokes make cars, women make clothes &#8230; guess who wins</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/blokes-make-cars-women-make-clothes-guess-who-wins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/blokes-make-cars-women-make-clothes-guess-who-wins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tariff cuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two industries, two vastly different amounts of protectionism, <b>Bernard Keane</b> reports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/blokes-make-cars-women-make-clothes-guess-who-wins/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will the $12 billion Rudd handout save the Bligh Government?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/19/will-the-12-billion-rudd-handout-save-the-bligh-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/19/will-the-12-billion-rudd-handout-save-the-bligh-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's time we looked more closely at the mechanics of how the Rudd Government will potentially lift the national debt to $200 billion over the next four years, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/19/will-the-12-billion-rudd-handout-save-the-bligh-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The coalition got it really, really wrong on the financial crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/the-coalition-got-it-really-really-wrong-on-the-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/the-coalition-got-it-really-really-wrong-on-the-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at the Essential Report from yesterday -- the magnitude of how wrong the Coalition not only got the stimulus package, but the broader GFC starts to become apparent, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sharp rise in unemployment rate: labour market&#8217;s turning sour</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/sharp-rise-in-unemployment-rate-labour-markets-turning-sour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/sharp-rise-in-unemployment-rate-labour-markets-turning-sour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to look through today's confusing Labour Force figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics to get a true sense of the worsening state of the labour market, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Consumer Confidence indexes and other exercises in branding</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/consumer-confidence-indexes-and-other-exercises-in-branding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/consumer-confidence-indexes-and-other-exercises-in-branding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of their accuracy, Consumer Confidence indexes are marketing exercises designed to promote companies, peak organisations or research bodies, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A nation building and jobs plan for indigenous Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/a-nation-building-and-jobs-plan-for-indigenous-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/a-nation-building-and-jobs-plan-for-indigenous-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CDEP should never have been abolished, but this is even more the case given the predicted dire downturn in the Australian labour market in 2009 and beyond, writes <b>Jon Altman</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/a-nation-building-and-jobs-plan-for-indigenous-australia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fielding the last man standing in stimulus fest</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/fielding-the-last-man-standing-in-stimulus-fest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/fielding-the-last-man-standing-in-stimulus-fest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's hard to get excited about the unfolding drama of the Senate's consideration of the stimulus package, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/fielding-the-last-man-standing-in-stimulus-fest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Australia can reclaim Rio and embrace the Chinese</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/how-australia-can-reclaim-rio-and-embrace-the-chinese/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/how-australia-can-reclaim-rio-and-embrace-the-chinese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did Nambour High equip Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan to deal with all this at once? asks <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/how-australia-can-reclaim-rio-and-embrace-the-chinese/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fielding&#8217;s $4b stimulus hurdle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/fieldings-4b-stimulus-hurdle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/fieldings-4b-stimulus-hurdle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Fielding is looming as the biggest threat to passage of the Government’s stimulus package through the Senate. And that’s exactly how the Government wants it, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/fieldings-4b-stimulus-hurdle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch: Ninemsn&#8230; MacBank&#8230; Harvey Norman&#8230; GE&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/sackwatch-ninemsn-macbank-harvey-norman-ge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/sackwatch-ninemsn-macbank-harvey-norman-ge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey’s SackWatch continues apace with a spate of sackings, disappointing employment data and job surveys upping the pressure on the Senate to pass Kevin Rudd’s $42 billion stimulus package, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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