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		<title>MYEFO: Swan cuts to save the thinnest of surpluses</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/myefo-swan-cuts-to-save-the-thinnest-of-surpluses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/myefo-swan-cuts-to-save-the-thinnest-of-surpluses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MYEFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has unveiled a range of spending cuts but they won't stop a big blowout in this year's budget deficit.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/myefo-swan-cuts-to-save-the-thinnest-of-surpluses/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan can cut, but the bad news from overseas won&#8217;t stop</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/swan-can-cut-but-the-bad-news-from-overseas-wont-stop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/swan-can-cut-but-the-bad-news-from-overseas-wont-stop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MYEFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the mining boom continues to power the Australian economy, the news from offshore continues to worsen.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/swan-can-cut-but-the-bad-news-from-overseas-wont-stop/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Locking in a surplus with the carbon price pea-and-thimble trick</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/locking-in-a-surplus-with-the-carbon-price-pea-and-thimble-trick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/locking-in-a-surplus-with-the-carbon-price-pea-and-thimble-trick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forgetting cutting emissions - the carbon price package has a shorter term benefit for the government. There's one minister relieved that the carbon pricing package is locked in, and not for anything to do with emissions abatement.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/locking-in-a-surplus-with-the-carbon-price-pea-and-thimble-trick/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>David Murray takes on the fiscal consensus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/david-murray-takes-on-the-fiscal-consensus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/david-murray-takes-on-the-fiscal-consensus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surplus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite widespread agreement that the government doesn't need to return to surplus next year, one figure wants us to go harder and faster.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/david-murray-takes-on-the-fiscal-consensus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Laugh until you cry &#8212; can we put a levy on political stupidity?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/laugh-until-you-cry-can-we-put-a-levy-on-political-stupidity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/laugh-until-you-cry-can-we-put-a-levy-on-political-stupidity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood levy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=199172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The debate over the flood levy is one of those moments that makes you want to cry over the mediocrity of our leaders.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/laugh-until-you-cry-can-we-put-a-levy-on-political-stupidity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s lazy levy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/21/labors-lazy-levy-option-hides-longer-term-fiscal-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/21/labors-lazy-levy-option-hides-longer-term-fiscal-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood levy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD floods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=198257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's something faintly absurd about a government with a budget loaded with superfluous spending and the lowest debt levels in the developed world insisting that it needs a new tax to pay for the impact of natural disasters.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/21/labors-lazy-levy-option-hides-longer-term-fiscal-problems/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>109</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Labor found itself in a surplus trap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/19/how-labor-found-itself-in-a-surplus-trap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/19/how-labor-found-itself-in-a-surplus-trap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=197709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor’s abandonment of economic reform after 1996 has left it adrift and the party's adherence to its promised 2012-13 surplus reflects how it let its enemies define its economic credibility.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/19/how-labor-found-itself-in-a-surplus-trap/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gruen: paying for Australia’s infrastructure deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/gruen-paying-for-australia%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-deficit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/gruen-paying-for-australia%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government debt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=188572</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rather than simply getting budgets into operating surplus -- mostly a very good thing -- Australian governments have embraced the notion that all debt is bad, writes <b>Nicholas Gruen</b>, CEO of Lateral Economic.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/gruen-paying-for-australia%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-deficit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Employment data might give pause to hairshirt brigade &#8212; or not</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/11/employment-data-might-give-pause-to-hairshirt-brigade-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/11/employment-data-might-give-pause-to-hairshirt-brigade-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The rise in unemployment is good news and bad news -- good news because it reflects higher participation, but bad news because it confirms the domestic economy is still soft.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/11/employment-data-might-give-pause-to-hairshirt-brigade-or-not/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Everything&#8217;s up, except the deficit &#8212; and housing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/myefo-everythings-up-except-the-deficit-and-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/myefo-everythings-up-except-the-deficit-and-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MYEFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's Mid-Year Economic Forecast (MYEFO) shows an appreciable acceleration in economic growth this year, but as expected the higher dollar has hit government revenue.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/myefo-everythings-up-except-the-deficit-and-housing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Joe cut and pastes on commodity prices</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/01/joe-cut-and-pastes-on-commodity-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/01/joe-cut-and-pastes-on-commodity-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodity prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=175732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Joe Hockey misses the point in his cut'n'paste effort today about our reliance on commodity prices. Australia has always ridden commodity booms. The real issue is the strength of the dollar.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/01/joe-cut-and-pastes-on-commodity-prices/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gillard and Abbott jump on the spending cuts bandwagon</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/budget-cuts-are-the-new-black--all-trickery-little-trimming-20100720-10jgx.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/budget-cuts-are-the-new-black--all-trickery-little-trimming-20100720-10jgx.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=155232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australians have grown accustomed to politicians with deep pockets, prepared to woo voters with their big-spending election promises. But in 2010 the latest fad is not to spend. This may be admirable, writes <b>Jessica Irvine</b>, but will good policy fall victim to fashion?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/budget-cuts-are-the-new-black--all-trickery-little-trimming-20100720-10jgx.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What if unemployment was as forecast?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/05/14/what-if-unemployment-was-as-forecast/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/05/14/what-if-unemployment-was-as-forecast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 03:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=138704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the 2009/10 budget, Treasury forecast that unemployment in Australia would hit 8.25% around June 2010. <b>Possum Comitatus</b> charts that against what <em>actually</em> happened, showing two very different Australias.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/05/14/what-if-unemployment-was-as-forecast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Clumsy but ruthless &#8212; why Rudd is clearing the decks now</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/28/clumsy-but-ruthless-why-rudd-is-clearing-the-decks-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/28/clumsy-but-ruthless-why-rudd-is-clearing-the-decks-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry review]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government is using a brief lull in the political cycle to junk everything that will get in the way of its re-election strategy. Maybe Caucus will have other ideas?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/28/clumsy-but-ruthless-why-rudd-is-clearing-the-decks-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>New economic data: no damn good for a government trying to frame a Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/31/new-economic-data-no-damn-good-for-a-government-trying-to-frame-a-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/31/new-economic-data-no-damn-good-for-a-government-trying-to-frame-a-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwelling approvals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing approvals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=127521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New economic data suggests an economy marking time -- not what the government needed to hear as it works out how heavily to slash expenditure in the Budget.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/31/new-economic-data-no-damn-good-for-a-government-trying-to-frame-a-budget/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Yes, we ARE out of the woods &#8230; now let&#8217;s focus on the Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/yes-we-are-out-of-the-woods-now-lets-focus-on-the-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/yes-we-are-out-of-the-woods-now-lets-focus-on-the-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's GDP growth figure shows an economy moving from stimulus-supported growth to private-led growth, which frees up the Government to get back to managing a growing economy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/yes-we-are-out-of-the-woods-now-lets-focus-on-the-budget/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>We&#8217;re not out of the woods &#8230; yet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/17/were-not-out-of-the-woods-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/17/were-not-out-of-the-woods-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=117302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the stimulus packages fading, it's not at all clear that the economy is going to spring back to normal growth. Good luck framing the next budget.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/17/were-not-out-of-the-woods-yet/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Queensland&#8217;s depression-era Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25646259-5019087,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25646259-5019087,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one word: jobs. With its Budget, the Bligh government is doing nothing more than what governments the world over are having to do to keep their economies ticking over, says <strong>Craig Johnstone</strong>.]]></description>
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		<title>Never mind ABC programs, feel our values</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/17/never-mind-abc-programs-feel-our-values/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/17/never-mind-abc-programs-feel-our-values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Scott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Managing Director of the ABC Mark Scott  sent this email to ABC employees this morning...]]></description>
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		<title>ABC staff hit by global financial crisis?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/06/abc-staff-hit-by-global-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/06/abc-staff-hit-by-global-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Scott]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ABC has withdrawn a 4% pay increase offer made to staff, citing a "dramatic change to economic conditions", writes <b>Margaret Simons</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>This year the cut and thrust of the Budget is for real</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/22/this-year-the-cut-and-thrust-of-the-budget-is-for-real/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/22/this-year-the-cut-and-thrust-of-the-budget-is-for-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This will be the toughest budget to frame since, probably, the recession budgets of the early 1990s, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s stimulus package divides the pack</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/rudds-stimulus-package-divides-the-pack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/rudds-stimulus-package-divides-the-pack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re in the middle of the most perverse economic debate in years, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW Premier&#8217;s mini-budget is a mega-spin</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/11/nsw-premiers-mini-budget-is-a-mega-spin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/11/nsw-premiers-mini-budget-is-a-mega-spin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laughably, Premier Nathan Rees’s NSW Government is calling it a "mini-budget", It’s more like a MEGA budget, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>What was the RBA advice on guaranteeing deposits?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/21/what-was-the-rba-advice-on-guaranteeing-deposits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/21/what-was-the-rba-advice-on-guaranteeing-deposits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The predictable consequence of the Government intervening in the financial market to guarantee loans and deposits – that those not afforded the same guarantee are competitively disadvantaged – didn’t take long to emerge, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>The reckless stimulus package we didn’t need</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/15/the-reckless-stimulus-package-we-didnt-need/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/15/the-reckless-stimulus-package-we-didnt-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slowdown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What on earth is the Rudd Government doing blowing $10 billion in largely unproductive welfare payments? asks <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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