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		<title>Shoppers&#8217; self-esteem edges lower</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/shoppers-self-esteem-edges-lower/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/shoppers-self-esteem-edges-lower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing finance figures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month's reported fall in consumer confidence was relatively tiny given the torrent of economic bad news both here and overseas, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Housing finance hits six-year high</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/housing-finance-hits-six-year-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/housing-finance-hits-six-year-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national australia bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd's boosting of first home buyers grants sparked a jump in housing finance in December, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Disadvantage index: The best and least worse of NSW</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/disadvantage-index-the-best-and-least-worse-of-nsw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/disadvantage-index-the-best-and-least-worse-of-nsw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[census collection districts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Go west in Sydney, young man, and you will find neither fame nor fortune  writes <b>Richard Farmer</b> in his continuing series on social disadvantage in Australia.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A tale of two towns: from Duck Creek to Tindal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/a-tale-of-two-towns-from-duck-creek-to-tindal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/a-tale-of-two-towns-from-duck-creek-to-tindal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[census collection districts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The release of the ABS data on the most — and least — disadvantaged Census Collection Districts in the nation has thrown up some wonderful ironies, writes an NT insider.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Meet the Jilkminggans &#8212; the most disadvantaged Australians</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/04/meet-the-jilkminggans-the-most-disadvantaged-australians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/04/meet-the-jilkminggans-the-most-disadvantaged-australians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of census and statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureau of census and statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[census collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east arnhem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the week, Crikey will present profiles of the best of the best places in Australia, and the worst of the very worst, writes <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite-sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/04/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/04/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state of tasmania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Give 'em a serve Julia ... The wise Aristotle ... No solos in this government ... Eat a whale, save the planet ... The Daily Reality Check  ... The Pick of this Morning's Political Coverage ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Housing approvals tank, banks face a tough call</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/housing-approvals-tank-banks-face-a-tough-call/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/housing-approvals-tank-banks-face-a-tough-call/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank lenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwelling approvals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private dwelling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian banks have a difficult decision to make after the rate rise: home lending, their most profitable business, isn’t doing well and housing approvals tanked in December, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/housing-approvals-tank-banks-face-a-tough-call/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why a rate rise will only take house prices higher</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/why-a-rate-rise-will-only-take-house-prices-higher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/why-a-rate-rise-will-only-take-house-prices-higher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank lenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interest rate rises are supposed to slow the economy ... how then do we explain the surge in house prices in 2007, asks <b> Glen Dyer</b>?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s going on with the economy? Nobody has a clue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/04/whats-going-on-with-the-economy-nobody-has-a-clue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/04/whats-going-on-with-the-economy-nobody-has-a-clue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market consensus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[said profits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia's business economists have run into a bit of rough trot with their forecasts for major economic statistics. In the past week they have been wide of the mark, in fact very wide of the mark, on a series of major figures from the ABS, writes Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/04/whats-going-on-with-the-economy-nobody-has-a-clue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ramming the shears: non-bank home lending plummets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/ramming-the-shears-non-bank-home-lending-plummets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/ramming-the-shears-non-bank-home-lending-plummets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rams home loans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Home lending by non-bank lenders fell in a heap in September, with raw figures showing a 22% plunge in the number of home loans made, writes Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/ramming-the-shears-non-bank-home-lending-plummets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>As Glenn Stevens said: &#8221;Something needs to be done&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/24/as-glenn-stevens-said-something-needs-to-be-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/24/as-glenn-stevens-said-something-needs-to-be-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[headline inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rba governor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Howard's nightmare is looming: his re-election campaign could be the first to suffer an interest rate rise, writes Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/24/as-glenn-stevens-said-something-needs-to-be-done/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The CPI will play a major part in the election campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/22/the-cpi-will-play-a-major-part-in-the-election-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/22/the-cpi-will-play-a-major-part-in-the-election-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[export price indexes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs JBWere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday's Consumer Price Index will play a major part, one way or another, in the election campaign, writes Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/22/the-cpi-will-play-a-major-part-in-the-election-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Investment banks predict an interest rate rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/17/investment-banks-predict-an-interest-rate-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/17/investment-banks-predict-an-interest-rate-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs JBWere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation outlook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Investment Bank, JP Morgan has made a big call saying in its note to clients today that it thinks the Reserve Bank will raise rates next month, writes Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sales boom, rates steady, inflation presses, market surges. Oh my god.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/03/sales-boom-rates-steady-inflation-presses-market-surges-oh-my-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/03/sales-boom-rates-steady-inflation-presses-market-surges-oh-my-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit squeeze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail sales figures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are in for four weeks of neverending interest rate speculation after the Reserve Bank left rates on hold today and retail sales figures for August showed that the sales boom continues in Australia.

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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>AFR conflict of interest</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/14/afr-conflict-of-interest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/14/afr-conflict-of-interest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics professor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Sartor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macquarie university]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When quoting him in yesterday’s article on state by state arts funding, the <i>Australian Financial Review</i> should have declared that David Throsby is not only a Macquarie University economics professor but also Chairperson of the NSW State Government's Arts Advisory Council.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/14/afr-conflict-of-interest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s got a point: food sales are booming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/rudds-got-a-point-food-sales-are-booming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/rudds-got-a-point-food-sales-are-booming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebit margin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's something to Kevin Rudd's claims that food prices are rising at a level well above inflation. The latest retail sales figures from the ABS show clearly that food is booming.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/rudds-got-a-point-food-sales-are-booming/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Elementary as ABC – Labor and child care</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/26/elementary-as-abc-labor-and-child-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/26/elementary-as-abc-labor-and-child-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child care centres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child care costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child care fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local child care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are some aspects of the private enterprise system about which ordinary voters are skeptical and child care, along with health and education, is among them. ]]></description>
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		<title>ALP populism is paying the bills</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/12/alp-populism-is-paying-the-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/12/alp-populism-is-paying-the-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In politics it's the little things that count - little things like an MP spending $7000 a day on a trip to a space launch in the United States. People who find subjects like global warming a bit of a bore can relate to Warren Entsch having a good and expensive time on his farewell overseas trip as an MP.]]></description>
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