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	<title>Crikey &#187; Closing the Gap</title>
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		<title>Cox: how about asking Tent Embassy why they&#8217;re so angry?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/cox-how-about-asking-tent-embassy-why-theyre-so-angry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/cox-how-about-asking-tent-embassy-why-theyre-so-angry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national apology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tent embassy protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do so few of the media reporters actually ask the Aboriginal demonstrators why they are so angry with being told to change tactics?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>The intervention is dead, long live the intervention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/01/the-intervention-is-dead-long-live-the-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/01/the-intervention-is-dead-long-live-the-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most recent data on progress suggests that the intervention is failing, at least if its aim is to close gaps of socioeconomic disadvantage between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in the NT, writes ANU professor <b>Jon Altman</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Economic rationalism hits the homelands</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/economic-rationalism-hits-the-homelands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/economic-rationalism-hits-the-homelands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal homelands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal land management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Outstations/homelands (the terms can be used interchangeably) represent a service delivery headache for the state, but this is mainly due to unimaginative policy approaches, writes <b>Professor Jon Altman</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/economic-rationalism-hits-the-homelands/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Questions Gillard should ask in Alice Springs, but probably won’t</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/07/questions-gillard-should-ask-in-alice-springs-but-probably-won%e2%80%99t/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/07/questions-gillard-should-ask-in-alice-springs-but-probably-won%e2%80%99t/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Springs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Income Management Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is four years this month since the Mal Brough emergency intervention in the NT and today the PM goes to Alice Springs to see the "progress" supposedly being made.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/07/questions-gillard-should-ask-in-alice-springs-but-probably-won%e2%80%99t/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>If PM wants to close the gap, why the silence on primary health care?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/11/if-pm-wants-to-close-the-gap-why-the-silence-on-primary-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/11/if-pm-wants-to-close-the-gap-why-the-silence-on-primary-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary health care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=202823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Next year in the Closing the Gap Report, we want to learn about what the government has been doing to show respect for Aboriginal people and their views and values, write <b>Des Martin</b>, CEO of the  Aboriginal Health Council of WA and <b>Gavin Mooney</b>, a health economist]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to really &#8216;close the gap&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2010/06/29/how-to-really-close-the-gap-the-shalom-gamarada-scholarships/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2010/06/29/how-to-really-close-the-gap-the-shalom-gamarada-scholarships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Gosford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shalom Gamarada]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=149149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the talk about “closing the gap” between mainstream and Aboriginal health and life-expectancy outcomes in this country, the Shalom Gamarada scholarship program is a good start, writes <b>Bob Gosford</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2010/06/29/how-to-really-close-the-gap-the-shalom-gamarada-scholarships/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd overpromised on indigenous unemployment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/04/closing-the-gap-rudd-overpromised-on-indigenous-unemployment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/04/closing-the-gap-rudd-overpromised-on-indigenous-unemployment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[council of australian governments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=143788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tthe Australian government might have exacerbated the expansion of the Indigenous unemployment gap, report <b>Professor Jon Altman</b> and <b>Dr Nicholas Biddle</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/04/closing-the-gap-rudd-overpromised-on-indigenous-unemployment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aboriginal Australia: like the poorest of Africa, says Amnesty chief</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/aboriginal-australia-like-the-poorest-of-africa-says-amnesty-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/aboriginal-australia-like-the-poorest-of-africa-says-amnesty-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amnesty international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irene Khan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/aboriginal-australia-like-the-poorest-of-africa-says-amnesty-chief/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Secretary General of Amnesty International has likened conditions in Central Australia to the poorest parts of Africa and Asia, and described the gap between rich and poor in this country as the most stark she's even seen.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/aboriginal-australia-like-the-poorest-of-africa-says-amnesty-chief/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Travel tips for media on the Close the Gap bus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/travel-tips-for-media-on-the-close-the-gap-bus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/travel-tips-for-media-on-the-close-the-gap-bus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/travel-tips-for-media-on-the-close-the-gap-bus/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a lecture for Reconciliation Australia, <em>Koori Mai</em> Editor <b>Kirstie Parker</b> talks about the role that Australia's media can play in helping to Close the Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/travel-tips-for-media-on-the-close-the-gap-bus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>After the NT intervention: violence up, malnutrition up, truancy up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/after-the-nt-intervention-violence-up-malnutrition-up-truancy-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/after-the-nt-intervention-violence-up-malnutrition-up-truancy-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Territory Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/after-the-nt-intervention-violence-up-malnutrition-up-truancy-up/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest, and arguably most comprehensive findings, on progress in the Northern Territory intervention are damning of its effectiveness and extremely disappointing, says <b>Jon Altman</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/after-the-nt-intervention-violence-up-malnutrition-up-truancy-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Barossa&#8217;s approach to a crushing problem</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-34/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-34/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-34/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The beleaguered Australian wine industry gets some relief with the news that the crush during this year's vintage was 5% less than in 2008, a cautionary tale from Paul Krugman, and why we're still not "closing the gap".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-34/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is it helpful to think about closing the gap as an economic, rather than ethical, issue?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/is-it-helpful-to-think-about-closing-the-gap-as-an-economic-rather-than-ethical-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/is-it-helpful-to-think-about-closing-the-gap-as-an-economic-rather-than-ethical-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/is-it-helpful-to-think-about-closing-the-gap-as-an-economic-rather-than-ethical-issue/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The question of how much to pay for "closing the gap" in Aboriginal health ought to be debated more on ethical lines than on economic lines -- but the two inevitably intersect, writes <b>Professor Gavin Mooney</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/is-it-helpful-to-think-about-closing-the-gap-as-an-economic-rather-than-ethical-issue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Indigenous smoking is finally out of the too-hard-basket</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/indigenous-smoking-is-finally-out-of-the-too-hard-basket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/indigenous-smoking-is-finally-out-of-the-too-hard-basket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Preventative Health Taskforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/indigenous-smoking-is-finally-out-of-the-too-hard-basket/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has put tackling high smoking rates amongst Indigenous people at the centre of its plans to "close the gap", writes <b>David Thomas</b>. 
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/indigenous-smoking-is-finally-out-of-the-too-hard-basket/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Politicians alone can&#8217;t close the gap</title>
		<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9142</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9142#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=72412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Governments cannot fix the problems until they work <em>with</em> Aboriginal people in remote communities -- not for them, says <b>Rollo Manning</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9142/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Closing the Gap&#8221; is like wrestling with smoke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As yet another round of headlines emerge about lack of progress on indigenous health and social indicators, the “Closing the Gap” initiative can look more than ever like wrestling with smoke.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jenny Macklin explains her new Indigenous policy to Walter Slurry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/jenny-macklin-explains-her-new-indigenous-policy-to-walter-slurry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/jenny-macklin-explains-her-new-indigenous-policy-to-walter-slurry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin on Closing the Gap, as told to <b>Walter Slurry</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/jenny-macklin-explains-her-new-indigenous-policy-to-walter-slurry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Indigenous life expectancy gap slashed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/indigenous-life-expectancy-gap-slashed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/indigenous-life-expectancy-gap-slashed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal life expectancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ABS is about to dramatically intervene in the debate over the life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/indigenous-life-expectancy-gap-slashed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd turns his back on closing the gap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/rudd-turns-his-back-on-closing-the-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/rudd-turns-his-back-on-closing-the-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labor's rhetoric on Indigenous health is better than in the Howard years, but the reality from Rudd and Macklin is no different from Howard and Vanstone, writes <b>Gavin Mooney</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget status quo will just widen the gaps</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/budget-status-quo-will-just-widen-the-gaps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/budget-status-quo-will-just-widen-the-gaps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 03:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In its second budget, the Rudd Government’s Closing the Gap became more firmly entrenched as the over-arching policy approach in Indigenous affairs, writes <b>Jon Altman</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s office burnt over Closing the Gap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/rudds-office-burnt-over-closing-the-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/rudds-office-burnt-over-closing-the-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maria hawthorne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister needs to explain why his office falsely blamed the Victorian bushfire crisis for the delayed release of the 'Closing the Gap' report, writes <b>Chris Graham</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/rudds-office-burnt-over-closing-the-gap/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Closing the gaps: Don&#8217;t lose the aspirations of communities</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/11/closing-the-gaps-dont-lose-the-aspirations-of-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/11/closing-the-gaps-dont-lose-the-aspirations-of-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What we risk losing here is the aspirations of communities, of peoples, of nations, says <b>Dr Steve Cornell</b>.]]></description>
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