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	<title>Crikey &#187; CFMEU</title>
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		<title>With unemployment so high, do we need 457s?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/19/with-unemployment-so-high-do-we-need-457s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/19/with-unemployment-so-high-do-we-need-457s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comments & corrections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[457 visa holders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor media reforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone hacking scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers talk 457 visas, giraffes, Stephen Conroy's real similarity to Stalin and the real inventor of the smiley face.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>$600b in voting rights wasted, now unions rally on super funds</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/25/600b-in-voting-rights-wasted-now-unions-rally-on-super-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/25/600b-in-voting-rights-wasted-now-unions-rally-on-super-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Oliver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Mighell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry super funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Howes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=344641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The local labour movement is becoming increasingly bullish about how its members' superannuation money is invested. What happens if more unions start putting their money where their mouths are?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Super fund takes Rupert&#8217;s advice, sells out of News Corp</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/10/super-fund-takes-ruperts-advice-sells-out-of-news-corp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/10/super-fund-takes-ruperts-advice-sells-out-of-news-corp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first super]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=341530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A prominent industry super fund has had enough with News Corporation and is selling its stock. It's a symbolic blow that could spark a wave of so-called ethical investment decisions.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/10/super-fund-takes-ruperts-advice-sells-out-of-news-corp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Shorten must win the Grocon battle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/30/why-shorten-must-win-the-grocon-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/30/why-shorten-must-win-the-grocon-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grocon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=312799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The CFMEU tactics are a bald play for power ahead of a potential Abbott government. If they win, it's back to the "rust belt" 1980s. <b>Rob Burgess</b> of <a href="http://www.businessspectator.com.au" target="_blank"><em>Business Spectator</em></a> looks at the state of play.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/30/why-shorten-must-win-the-grocon-battle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>Deep in the heart of Texas with the Business Council</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/08/deep-in-the-heart-of-texas-with-the-business-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/08/deep-in-the-heart-of-texas-with-the-business-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Council of Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration purposes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=295703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new BCA report on poor productivity in Australia appears to be aimed at increasing the use of immigrant labour. It is, as John Cleese might say, "wafer thin".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/08/deep-in-the-heart-of-texas-with-the-business-council/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>53</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bitter resentment remains at abolition of ABCC</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/27/bitter-resentment-remains-at-abolition-of-abcc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/27/bitter-resentment-remains-at-abolition-of-abcc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Work Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[union movement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=282128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Building and Construction Commission has been abolished, writes <b>Ava Hubble</b>, a freelance journalist.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/27/bitter-resentment-remains-at-abolition-of-abcc/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>CFMEU out of the WA Labor cold, state conference to decide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cfmeu-out-of-the-wa-labor-cold-state-conference-to-decide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cfmeu-out-of-the-wa-labor-cold-state-conference-to-decide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WA branch of the CFMEU appears to have succeeded in its botched bid to re-affiliate with Labor, after an emergency meeting of the ALP’s administrative committee referred the decision to state conference.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cfmeu-out-of-the-wa-labor-cold-state-conference-to-decide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>$80k pay day for Labor as CFMEU rejoins WA fold</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Reynolds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The West Australian branch of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union is poised to re-affiliate with the Labor Party in that state, injecting up to $80,000 a year into ALP coffers and burying once and for all a bitter 2007 spat with foreign minister Kevin Rudd.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>CFMEU boss reads The RiotAct and then sues over news story</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/11/cfmeu-boss-reads-the-riotact-and-then-sues-over-news-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/11/cfmeu-boss-reads-the-riotact-and-then-sues-over-news-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dean hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dixon tradies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the riotact]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CFMEU ACT Branch Secretary Dean Hall is suing independent website The RiotAct in the ACT Supreme Court over a news story he says falsely accused him of assault.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/11/cfmeu-boss-reads-the-riotact-and-then-sues-over-news-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Xstrata, competition and a new form of xenophobia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/xstrata-competition-and-a-new-form-of-xenophobia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/xstrata-competition-and-a-new-form-of-xenophobia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glencore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xstrata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xstrata Coal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=233084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mining multinational Xstrata refused to cooperate with Treasury over complaints that it engaged in anti-competitive behaviour. The reason? "Xenophobia".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/xstrata-competition-and-a-new-form-of-xenophobia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>McGuire Supreme Court challenge could expose Broady branch stacks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/mcguire-supreme-court-challenge-could-expose-broady-branch-stacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/mcguire-supreme-court-challenge-could-expose-broady-branch-stacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill oliver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadmeadows byelection 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank McGuire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=199174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning's backing by CFMEU overlord Bill Oliver of a Supreme Court challenge to block the ALP National Executive's parachuting of Frank McGuire into John Brumby's seat of Broadmeadows is almost certain to founder and will instead shine a light on the electorate's notorious history of branch stacking, party insiders say.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/mcguire-supreme-court-challenge-could-expose-broady-branch-stacks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The BER outcome: time to correct the record</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/the-ber-outcome-time-to-correct-the-record/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/the-ber-outcome-time-to-correct-the-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building the Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orgill report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest report on the BER program again demolishes the campaign waged against it by the media.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/the-ber-outcome-time-to-correct-the-record/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Socialist sets up Vic election battle for Richmond</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/socialist-sets-up-vic-election-battle-for-richmond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/socialist-sets-up-vic-election-battle-for-richmond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electrical trades union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Wynne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socialist alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Jolly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Election 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=176094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Left-wing Victorian trade unions have rallied behind veteran socialist campaigner Stephen Jolly's bid for the state seat of Richmond, setting up a battle with the Greens and potentially shoring up the reign of teetering Brumby government minister Richard Wynne.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/socialist-sets-up-vic-election-battle-for-richmond/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tribe trial may prompt new debate on erosion of union power</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/14/tribe-trial-may-prompt-new-debate-on-erosion-of-union-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/14/tribe-trial-may-prompt-new-debate-on-erosion-of-union-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ark Tribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=152555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Ark Tribe's trial imminent, CFMEU national president Dave Noonan has warned that "if Ark goes in, we go out", writes <b>Ava Hubble</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/14/tribe-trial-may-prompt-new-debate-on-erosion-of-union-power/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Construction industry case driving a wedge between the ALP and unions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/18/construction-industry-case-driving-a-wedge-between-the-alp-and-unions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/18/construction-industry-case-driving-a-wedge-between-the-alp-and-unions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ark Tribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Building and Construction Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=146751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A SA construction industry court case exposes controversial legislation that has driven a wedge between the ALP and its union supporters. <b>Ava Hubble</b> reports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/18/construction-industry-case-driving-a-wedge-between-the-alp-and-unions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>When is a car bomb not worthy of condemnation? When the target is the CFMEU</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/17/when-is-a-car-bomb-not-worthy-of-condemnation-when-the-target-is-the-cfmeu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/17/when-is-a-car-bomb-not-worthy-of-condemnation-when-the-target-is-the-cfmeu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=138927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The reason a terrorist-style attack on its NSW headquarters can be ignored is because the union represents a danger to the political and media elites, writes a <b>former CFMEU insider</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/17/when-is-a-car-bomb-not-worthy-of-condemnation-when-the-target-is-the-cfmeu/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>When dead workers weren&#8217;t quite so important</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/when-dead-workers-werent-quite-so-important/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/when-dead-workers-werent-quite-so-important/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cole Royal Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace deaths]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank goodness the press gallery is now focused on ministerial responsibility for workplace safety.  It wasn't always that way.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Southern hemisphere: so hot right now</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/20/southern-hemisphere-so-hot-right-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/20/southern-hemisphere-so-hot-right-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Richard Farmer’s chunky bits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Figures just released show that 2009 was the warmest year on record for the southern hemisphere, troubles at the Canberra branch of the CFMEU and other politics tidbits.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fake contractors gouging our tax base: unions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/fake-contractors-gouging-our-tax-base-unions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/fake-contractors-gouging-our-tax-base-unions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/fake-contractors-gouging-our-tax-base-unions/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia is facing an ongoing drain on tax revenue as a result of the failure of the Howard Government’s attempts to prevent “bogus contracting” from undermining the tax base.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/fake-contractors-gouging-our-tax-base-unions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>ACTU bites its tongue, retreats to attic</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/actu-bites-its-tongue-retreats-to-attic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/actu-bites-its-tongue-retreats-to-attic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Sparrow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/actu-bites-its-tongue-retreats-to-attic/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What trade-off has the ACTU received for biting its tongue about the building industry? So far, just some half hearted words of encouragement about 'buying Australian'.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/actu-bites-its-tongue-retreats-to-attic/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why the building industry needs a history lesson</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/why-the-building-industry-needs-a-history-lesson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/why-the-building-industry-needs-a-history-lesson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Sparrow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/why-the-building-industry-needs-a-history-lesson/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to think of a major figure from Australian trade union history who wouldn’t fall foul of the current building industry code, writes <b>Jeff Sparrow</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/why-the-building-industry-needs-a-history-lesson/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gillard&#8217;s ACTU spray a centrist triumph</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/gillards-actu-spray-a-centrist-triumph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/gillards-actu-spray-a-centrist-triumph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/gillards-actu-spray-a-centrist-triumph/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard's speech at the ACTU Congress yesterday a display of raw executive power, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/gillards-actu-spray-a-centrist-triumph/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cut out and keep map to 26,000 clean energy jobs nationwide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/need-a-job-a-cut-out-and-keep-map-to-26000-clean-energy-jobs-nationwide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/need-a-job-a-cut-out-and-keep-map-to-26000-clean-energy-jobs-nationwide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minerals Council of Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The coal mining sector will grow strongly with or without an emissions trading scheme in place, writes <b>John Connor</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/need-a-job-a-cut-out-and-keep-map-to-26000-clean-energy-jobs-nationwide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd Government buying laptops from Aldi?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/rudd-government-buying-laptops-from-aldi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/rudd-government-buying-laptops-from-aldi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aldi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courier-Mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Airways]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The screws must be really tightening in Canberra, if one tipster is to be believed, while another overhears whispers of redundancies at the <i>Courier Mail</i>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/rudd-government-buying-laptops-from-aldi/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>From internet to lunch: CFMEU bikie rumour takes wing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/from-internet-to-lunch-cfmeu-bikie-rumour-takes-wing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/from-internet-to-lunch-cfmeu-bikie-rumour-takes-wing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bikie gangs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Overland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A minor kerfuffle has erupted over bikie gang comments apparently made by Victoria Police Chief Comissioner Simon Overland.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/from-internet-to-lunch-cfmeu-bikie-rumour-takes-wing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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