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	<title>Crikey &#187; Budget 09</title>
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		<title>Malcolm Turnbull&#8217;s debt ad doesn&#8217;t add up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/malcolm-turnbulls-debt-ad-doesnt-add-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/malcolm-turnbulls-debt-ad-doesnt-add-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seen Malcolm Turnbull’s new ad on debt? <b>Bernard Keane</b> reports. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Share scheme backdown a victory for common sense</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/share-scheme-backdown-a-victory-for-common-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/share-scheme-backdown-a-victory-for-common-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee share schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to Crikey's contentions, the original announcement was flawed and destined to fail: it was manifestly unfair and didn’t target actual concerns, writes <b>Andrew Carter</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Drawing political wisdom from the ages</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-17/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Telegraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lao Tzu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Richard Farmer</b> muses on Chinese poetry, budget deficits and the <i>Daily Tele</i> whistling a familiar tune.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The rich who will get richer, thanks to the Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.smartcompany.com.au/wealth/20090518-the-rich-wholl-reap-a-budget-bounty.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartcompany.com.au/wealth/20090518-the-rich-wholl-reap-a-budget-bounty.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rich list]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the rhetoric, Budget 09 wasn't all bad news for the rich -- in fact, a number of our richest entrepreneurs stand to profit.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Things are brighter than the Government would have us believe</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/the-reality-if-you-believe-the-board-of-the-reserve-bank-is-far-brighter-than-the-government-at-times-finds-it-convenient-to-have-us-believe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/the-reality-if-you-believe-the-board-of-the-reserve-bank-is-far-brighter-than-the-government-at-times-finds-it-convenient-to-have-us-believe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 03:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rudd feels it necessary to ramp up the rhetoric of grim times and tough policy responses -- but the reality is far brighter. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget causes Rudd honeymoon to end&#8230; according to Fairfax</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/budget-causes-rudd-honeymoon-to-end-according-to-fairfax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/budget-causes-rudd-honeymoon-to-end-according-to-fairfax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 03:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACNielsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nielsen never actually demonstrated the political change that Fairfax had projected onto it -- it was just poor analysis.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Costello to Turnbull: ner ner nee ner ner</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/costello-to-turnbull-ner-ner-nee-ner-ner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/costello-to-turnbull-ner-ner-nee-ner-ner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 03:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC 774]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Faine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Costello is now scarcely even trying to hide his undermining of Malcolm Turnbull.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull manages a budget week without silliness</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/mungo-turnbull-manages-a-budget-week-without-silliness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/mungo-turnbull-manages-a-budget-week-without-silliness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 03:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull did pretty well in budget week ... the only one of his colleagues who bagged him was Bronwyn Bishop.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Good policies, broken promises</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/bartlett/2009/05/18/good-policies-broken-promises/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/bartlett/2009/05/18/good-policies-broken-promises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 03:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartlett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election promise]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government's decision to start means testing the private health insurance rebate is long overdue, but it is clearly a broken election promise. The private health insurance rebate is bad public policy, but it is popular, writes <b>Andrew Bartlett</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not the size of the deficit, but what you do with it</title>
		<link>http://business.theage.com.au/business/cut-deficit-and-bring-on-depression-20090517-b7e6.html</link>
		<comments>http://business.theage.com.au/business/cut-deficit-and-bring-on-depression-20090517-b7e6.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 02:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's nothing wrong with running a deficit in these economic times, says <b>Kenneth Davidson</b> -- trying to diminish it would be a greater burden on the country. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Business Spectator interrogates Lindsay Tanner</title>
		<link>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/KGB-INTERROGATION-Lindsay-Tanner-pd20090514-S29ZU?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/KGB-INTERROGATION-Lindsay-Tanner-pd20090514-S29ZU?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 02:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>Business Spectator</i>'s Alan Kohler, Robert Gottliebsen and Stephen Bartholomeusz probe Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/KGB-INTERROGATION-Lindsay-Tanner-pd20090514-S29ZU?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull&#8217;s reply: solid but not PM material</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/turnbulls-reply-ok-if-he-doesnt-want-to-be-pm-any-time-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/turnbulls-reply-ok-if-he-doesnt-want-to-be-pm-any-time-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 03:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Reply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the Opposition Leader's Budget reply, there were no compelling ideas or bold initiatives; not even a circuit-breaking gimmick like Brendan Nelson’s petrol excise move. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wayne Swan the punter&#8217;s friend</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-13/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 03:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mellon Capital Management Corp in San Francisco was placing bets that the Wayne Swan budget will work.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bernard&#8217;s budget reply</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/bernards-budget-reply/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/bernards-budget-reply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 23:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Floor with Bernard Keane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bernard Keane discusses Malcolm Turnbull&#8217;s Budget Reply speech.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Harvey: Turnbull wants you to pay more for fags</title>
		<link>http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25483738-661,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25483738-661,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 23:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turnbull's Budget response]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opposing Rudd's cuts to private halth insurance in favour of a tax hike on cigs may be the biggest gamble of Malcolm Turnbull's political life, writes <b>Michael Harvey</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Returning to surplus within six years is hopelessly optimistic</title>
		<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8927&#038;page=1</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8927&#038;page=1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rudd will not be able to honour his pledge to keep the budget in surplus over the next cycle, says <b>Rowen Cross</b> -- and he has the figures to prove it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What would Menzies do?</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25483805-16741,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25483805-16741,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull offered a feisty response to a lacklustre budget, says <b>The Australian</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Coorey: Costello steals Turnbull&#8217;s thunder</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/turnbull-could-strike-but-his-thunders-stolen-20090312-8wh4.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/national/turnbull-could-strike-but-his-thunders-stolen-20090312-8wh4.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull's moment in the sun yesterday was overcast by the looming shadow of Peter Costello, reports <b>Phillip Coorey</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hartcher: The small target strategy</title>
		<link>http://business.smh.com.au/business/softly-softly-strategy-to-beat-mr-74-20090514-b4sq.html</link>
		<comments>http://business.smh.com.au/business/softly-softly-strategy-to-beat-mr-74-20090514-b4sq.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turbbull may have called Rudd a "weak Prime Minister" in his speech last night, writes <b>Paul Hartcher</b>, but clearly not so weak that Turnbull is willing to tackle him head-on.]]></description>
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		<title>Farr: Calling the Medicare bluff</title>
		<link>http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25484966-5001021,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25484966-5001021,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull has called the government's early election bluff by opposing cuts to private health insurance rebates and vowing to save $2 billion, writes <b>Malcolm Farr</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Taylor: Dr No strikes again</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25485920-5017906,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25485920-5017906,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull has taken a big focussing mostly on cuts to private health insurance rebates, says <b>Lenore Taylor</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;$9,000 for every man, woman and child&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/9000-for-every-man-woman-and-child/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/9000-for-every-man-woman-and-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 10:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debt was the focus when <b>Malcolm Turnbull</b> delivered his budget reply speech. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sex scandal takes focus off Budget</title>
		<link>http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/houserules/index.php/theaustralian/comments/has_matthew_johns_screwed_kevin_rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/houserules/index.php/theaustralian/comments/has_matthew_johns_screwed_kevin_rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 07:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NRL group sex scandal has forced Kevin Rudd to discuss the incident rather than promote nation building, writes <strong>Christian Kerr</strong>.]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Turnbull to rescue his party</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/now-is-the-time-for-turnbull-to-come-to-the-aid-of-his-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/now-is-the-time-for-turnbull-to-come-to-the-aid-of-his-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 03:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull needs to give a stirring performance tonight in his Budget Reply.]]></description>
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		<title>Koukoulas: don&#8217;t mess with Treasury forecasts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/koukoulas-dont-mess-with-treasury-forecasts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/koukoulas-dont-mess-with-treasury-forecasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 03:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Koukoulas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's a mug's game to quibble with the Treasury forecasts that underpin the Budget revenue and outlays estimates.]]></description>
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