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		<title>Whatever happened to the Education Revolution?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/whatever-happened-to-the-education-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/whatever-happened-to-the-education-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian National University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Carr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The bottom line is that funding per student in higher education remains lower than before the mid-1990s, and considerably lower than in most OECD countries, writes <b>Erica Cervini</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Infrastructure funding plight continues</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/infrastructure-funding-plight-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/infrastructure-funding-plight-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Australia Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nation building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What Australia got from the federal budget is a list of projects, not a solution to our infrastructure crisis, writes <b>Phillip O'Neill</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Indigenous affairs money scattered but plentiful</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/indigenous-affairs-money-scattered-but-plentiful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/indigenous-affairs-money-scattered-but-plentiful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In percentage terms, it's still better than just about any other government has done before.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget 09: fossil fuels exit-strategy mark one</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/budget-09-fossil-fuels-exit-strategy-mark-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/budget-09-fossil-fuels-exit-strategy-mark-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Cass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewables Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Flagships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57996</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australians would be alarmed to know that their taxes go to multinational oil, gas and coal corporations but the budget papers do not contain any details, or Ministerial Statements explaining these.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climate spending won&#8217;t restore Rudd&#8217;s climate credibility</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/climate-spending-wont-restore-rudds-climate-credibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/climate-spending-wont-restore-rudds-climate-credibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon capture and sequestration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewables Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57994</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The downside of the Clean Energy Initiative – and the Rudd Government’s climate policy more generally – is the weighting given to coal interests, writes <b>Andrew Macintosh</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/climate-spending-wont-restore-rudds-climate-credibility/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>2009 budget is oversold and unfair</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/eva-cox-2009-budget-is-oversold-and-unfair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/eva-cox-2009-budget-is-oversold-and-unfair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paid parental leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, there were good bits, but as a social document based on fairness, the 2009 federal budget wasn’t crash hot.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/eva-cox-2009-budget-is-oversold-and-unfair/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>ABC flush with cash, SBS spits the dummy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/abc-flush-with-cash-sbs-spits-the-dummy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/abc-flush-with-cash-sbs-spits-the-dummy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There were conflicting responses from the state-subsidised media outlets in the wake of the Federal Budget.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/abc-flush-with-cash-sbs-spits-the-dummy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan confronts the enemy within, and without</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swan-confronts-the-enemy-within-and-without/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swan-confronts-the-enemy-within-and-without/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counter terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence Department]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government used the Budget to push through a significant increase in spending on counter-terrorism, national security and border protection.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swan-confronts-the-enemy-within-and-without/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan&#8217;s boom-era Budget should sail</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swans-boom-era-budget-should-sail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swans-boom-era-budget-should-sail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57989</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The mixed message of handouts and infrastructure for everyone in a time of supposed austerity is still confusing but probably not enough to cause any difficulty for the Government.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swans-boom-era-budget-should-sail/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Treasury&#8217;s positive outlook is a false vision</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/keen-swans-postive-outlook-is-a-false-vision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/keen-swans-postive-outlook-is-a-false-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A downturn that the Budget papers describe ad nauseam as "the most severe since the Great Depression" is expected to be over faster than the recession. So which is it? asks <strong>Steve Keen</strong>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/keen-swans-postive-outlook-is-a-false-vision/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Berg: Never mind the deficit, look at the spending</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/berg-never-mind-the-deficit-look-at-the-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/berg-never-mind-the-deficit-look-at-the-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a weird - almost creepy - sense of confidence surrounding Wayne Swan’s second budget, writes <b>Chris Berg</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/berg-never-mind-the-deficit-look-at-the-spending/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget tries to sell unattainable growth rates. Why?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/hewson-assuming-unattainable-growth-rates-to-fool-the-electorate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/hewson-assuming-unattainable-growth-rates-to-fool-the-electorate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About the only certainty that I get from this Budget is that our economic circumstances will not unfold as forecast, writes <strong>John Hewson</strong>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/hewson-assuming-unattainable-growth-rates-to-fool-the-electorate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Canberra, the holy grail of groupthink</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/rundle-canberra-the-holy-grail-of-groupthink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/rundle-canberra-the-holy-grail-of-groupthink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Heffernan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["... for sheer lunar madness, he was beaten to a standing start by Bill Heffernan ..." <b>Guy Rundle</b> samples budget day.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/rundle-canberra-the-holy-grail-of-groupthink/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stilgherrian: The Budget? How quaint! They’re just made-up, you know</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/stilgherrian-the-budget-how-quaint-they%e2%80%99re-just-made-up-you-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/stilgherrian-the-budget-how-quaint-they%e2%80%99re-just-made-up-you-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Need proof that the machinery of Australian government is as outdated as the steam locomotive and the electric telegraph? Look no further than that quaint ritual called the Federal Budget.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/stilgherrian-the-budget-how-quaint-they%e2%80%99re-just-made-up-you-know/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Wrap: Budget 09 editorials</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/crikey-wrap-budget-09-editorials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/crikey-wrap-budget-09-editorials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 01:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crikey wrap]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian newspaper reactions to the Budget have been mixed this morning.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/crikey-wrap-budget-09-editorials/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wayne Swan: Born to Try</title>
		<link>http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25471972-5001031,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25471972-5001031,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Wayne Swan like Delta Goodrem as lead singer of Wolfmother? Or more similar to Eva Peron - Don't Cry for Me Australia? Tim Blair interprets the emotions of Swan's budget night speech. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Davidson: not enough spending</title>
		<link>http://business.theage.com.au/business/spending-tap-is-turned-too-low-20090512-b21v.html</link>
		<comments>http://business.theage.com.au/business/spending-tap-is-turned-too-low-20090512-b21v.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 23:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The real downside risk to the economy from this budget is deflation rather than inflation, says <strong>Kenneth Davidson</strong>. Once entrenched, deflationary expectations reinforce the thrift paradox...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gittins: a Budget a year ahead of itself?</title>
		<link>http://business.smh.com.au/business/federal-budget/planning-the-cleanup-before-the-storm-has-even-arrived-20090512-b20m.html</link>
		<comments>http://business.smh.com.au/business/federal-budget/planning-the-cleanup-before-the-storm-has-even-arrived-20090512-b20m.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's as though we're planning the clean-up after the cyclone, even before the cyclone's hit. Surely battening down the hatches would be a smarter idea at this point, argues <strong>Ross Gittins</strong>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Megalogenis: very soft for a &#8220;tough&#8221; Budget</title>
		<link>http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/meganomics/index.php/theaustralian/comments/cuts_neither_deep_nor_too_unkind</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/meganomics/index.php/theaustralian/comments/cuts_neither_deep_nor_too_unkind#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cuts are aimed at reducing a pay rise, not denying a payment outright, says <strong>George Megalogenis</strong>. Savings to be coughed up by Labor’s favourite household, the working family, exist on paper only. ]]></description>
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		<title>Colebatch: big spending Budget that doesn&#8217;t feel like one</title>
		<link>http://business.theage.com.au/business/federal-budget/farewell-to-fairyland-its-time-to-give-back-20090512-b1y6.html</link>
		<comments>http://business.theage.com.au/business/federal-budget/farewell-to-fairyland-its-time-to-give-back-20090512-b1y6.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why will we be spending the next two weeks talking about the spending cuts, the things Canberra wants to take from us, when we know they are outweighed by the things it is going to give us? asks <strong>Tim Colebatch</strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Grattan: a very Labor Budget</title>
		<link>http://business.theage.com.au/business/federal-budget/unpopular-decisions-can-wound-but-are-not-necessarily-fatal-20090512-b1ys.html?page=-1</link>
		<comments>http://business.theage.com.au/business/federal-budget/unpopular-decisions-can-wound-but-are-not-necessarily-fatal-20090512-b1ys.html?page=-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The show-stopper in the short term is the big investment in infrastructure, writes <strong>Michelle Grattan</strong>. But the ALP risks spending too much. ]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 09 boost to renewable energy</title>
		<link>http://greenopinion.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/renewable-energy-budget-boost-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://greenopinion.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/renewable-energy-budget-boost-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 12:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The $4.5 billion increase to renewable energy in the 2009-10 budget will hopefully reposition Australian as a solar energy leader, blogs <strong>Brian Chua</strong>.]]></description>
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		<title>What is Swan&#8217;s budget philosophy?</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25464651-16741,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25464651-16741,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 12:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government needs to establish their own philosophy, rather than partaking in a simple game of one-upmanship, argues <em>The Australian</em> editorial. ]]></description>
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		<title>What will $4.7b be spent on?</title>
		<link>http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24981/127/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the announcements of $4.7 billion for the National Broadband Network, there is no indication of how the money will be spent, blogs <strong>Stuart Corner</strong>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tech wins in budget</title>
		<link>http://apcmag.com/budget-2009-good-for-tech.htm</link>
		<comments>http://apcmag.com/budget-2009-good-for-tech.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Other industries might be hurting from the budget announcements, but information technology is excited with the fibre-to-the-home broadband network, regional broadband and other tech initiatives.]]></description>
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