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	<title>Crikey &#187; Budget Countdown</title>
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		<title>Video: it&#8217;s the Budget Countdown</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/12/video-its-the-budget-countdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/12/video-its-the-budget-countdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 04:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey's Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane and John Quiggin make some predictions before going into the Budget lockdown.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget to RBA: you complete me</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/budget-to-rba-you-complete-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/budget-to-rba-you-complete-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 22:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s Reserve Bank forecasts complete the likely picture that will emerge on Budget night next Tuesday. ]]></description>
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		<title>Hunting the hunted in Finance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/budget-countdown-hunting-the-hunted-in-dept-of-finance-and-deregulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/budget-countdown-hunting-the-hunted-in-dept-of-finance-and-deregulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when you graft an ever-increasing range of requirements onto the traditional Cabinet process?]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: ASIO growth freeze imminent?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Critical Infrastructure Protection program]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Budget might finally spell the end of the remorseless growth of ASIO, the most successful government body of the Howard era.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: Tax revenue, recession, deficit, oops</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/28/budget-countdown-tax-revenue-recession-deficit-oops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/28/budget-countdown-tax-revenue-recession-deficit-oops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[government revenue]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are worrying signs that the collapse in government revenue will reveal a budget in structural deficit.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown edition</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/28/budget-countdown-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/28/budget-countdown-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Floor with Bernard Keane]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bernard Keane looks at the forthcoming Commonwealth Budget, with some unusual lighting FX courtesy of Canberra's weather.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: will ABC and SBS survive our toughest budget in living memory?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/27/will-abc-and-sbs-survive-our-toughest-budget-in-living-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/27/will-abc-and-sbs-survive-our-toughest-budget-in-living-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before considering giving more money to the ABC, there’s the small matter of what savings the broadcaster could make.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: Auslink infrastructure planning fail</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/budget-countdown-auslink-infrastructure-planning-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/budget-countdown-auslink-infrastructure-planning-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[public transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Auslink: frequently no appraisal, no cooperation and no planning, and no one ever evaluated anything.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: no old fuels in Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/budget-countdown-no-old-fuels-in-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/budget-countdown-no-old-fuels-in-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52895</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism is the Government’s delivery mechanism for its support for the coal industry, while Government investment in renewable energy lags far behind.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: innovation and protectionism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/budget-countdown-innovation-and-protectionism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/budget-countdown-innovation-and-protectionism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Industries are lining up for the same sort of generosity that Kim Carr likes to dole out to the car industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: It&#8217;s time to introduce tolls on our roads</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/21/budget-countdown-its-time-to-introduce-tolls-on-our-roads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/21/budget-countdown-its-time-to-introduce-tolls-on-our-roads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[road tolls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a way to extend existing infrastructure funding further without slicing or delaying projects: it's time to introduce tolls.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: health caught in a catch 22</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/budget-countdown-health-caught-in-a-catch-22/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/budget-countdown-health-caught-in-a-catch-22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal health policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Justine Elliott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The more successful our health system, the longer Australians live -- and the longer they will need aged care services of all varieties.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: incomes between a tax cut and a hard place</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/15/budget-countdown-incomes-between-a-tax-cut-and-a-hard-place/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/15/budget-countdown-incomes-between-a-tax-cut-and-a-hard-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Bonus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[income policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[welfare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia has an unfair, warped and immensely costly approach to incomes policy and the coming budget is the ideal time to start the long process of fixing it.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget countdown: $50b deficit is just the beginning</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/budget-countdown-50b-deficit-is-just-the-beginning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/budget-countdown-50b-deficit-is-just-the-beginning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The hunt for savings within the Commonwealth budget is unlikely to make much of a dent in the looming shortfalls.]]></description>
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