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		<title>Of deficit, surplus and stimulus-a-thon</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/of-deficit-surplus-and-stimulus-a-thon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was only a couple of weeks ago that the word on everyone’s lips was deficit, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rudd spends the surplus, kills the dream</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/14/rudd-spends-the-surplus-kills-the-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd dream of nation-building is over, for the rest of this term at least and probably for a while after that, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Worshipping the cult of budget surpluses</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/02/worshipping-the-cult-of-budget-surpluses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s battle of the Budget leaks shows the game of expectations management about the size of the budget surplus is well underway, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Another tick for Costello financial management. Not</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/23/another-tick-for-costello-financial-management-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market talk says that the Future Fund has dropped close to $10 billion amid the recent turmoil. Is Peter Costello to blame? <b>Christian Kerr</b> investigates.]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Kohler: 2007 another good election to win</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/15/alan-kohler-2007-another-good-election-to-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason I think Kevin Rudd and the ALP will be good for investors is not part of the election campaign, and probably won’t be: they are likely to be better managers of prosperity than John Howard. 
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		<title>Tax cut pledge prove a bigger surplus isn’t better</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/15/tax-cut-pledge-prove-a-bigger-surplus-isnt-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Howard and his Treasurer, Peter Costello, have begun the election campaign with an incredible admission – that bigger isn’t always better when it comes to a surplus, writes Christian Kerr.

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