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	<title>Crikey &#187; COAG</title>
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		<title>Can COAG deliver on health? History suggests not</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/can-coag-deliver-on-health-history-suggests-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/can-coag-deliver-on-health-history-suggests-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The challenge now is for a national debate on the content and implications of the 123 recommendations, writes <b>Robert Wells</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Murray-Darling: same mess it always was</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/special-report-the-murray-darling-is-the-same-mess-it-always-was/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/special-report-the-murray-darling-is-the-same-mess-it-always-was/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSIRO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the first of a two-part series, <b>Bernard Keane</b> looks at just how little has changed -- and how much has been spent -- in the fight to save the Murray-Darling Basin. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>The elephant in the child care reform strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-elephant-in-the-child-care-reform-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-elephant-in-the-child-care-reform-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the Government already spending over $56M to fund child care and save centres, it refuses to look at how the current funding model made such collapses inevitable.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Closing the gap: let&#8217;s talk about things that work</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-lets-talk-about-things-that-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-lets-talk-about-things-that-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Closing the Indigenous gap was never going to be easy, but the reception of the Productivity Commission report will unfortunately make it harder, writes <b>Eva Cox</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fred Chaney: COAG should not rush into closing the gap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/fred-chaney-coag-should-not-rush-into-closing-the-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/fred-chaney-coag-should-not-rush-into-closing-the-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconciliation australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The fundamental challenge for governments today is no different from the fundamental challenge we have faced over the last 30 years, how do we deliver on our good intentions? asks <b>Fred Chaney</b>.
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Future of clean energy jobs in Senate’s hands</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/future-of-australian-clean-energy-jobs-and-profits-in-senate%e2%80%99s-hands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/future-of-australian-clean-energy-jobs-and-profits-in-senate%e2%80%99s-hands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 03:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Climate Change Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s time politicians and big polluters stopped arguing or seeking excuses for inaction and got on with the job, writes <b>John Connor</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Indigenous affairs money scattered but plentiful</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/indigenous-affairs-money-scattered-but-plentiful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/indigenous-affairs-money-scattered-but-plentiful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In percentage terms, it's still better than just about any other government has done before.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray River a toxic open drain – why don’t we care?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/09/murray-river-a-toxic-open-drain-%e2%80%93-why-don%e2%80%99t-we-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/09/murray-river-a-toxic-open-drain-%e2%80%93-why-don%e2%80%99t-we-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water for the Future Program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How did this become okay? Asks the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The new &#8220;quiet revolution&#8221; in Indigenous affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/01/the-new-quiet-revolution-in-indigenous-affairs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/01/the-new-quiet-revolution-in-indigenous-affairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One has to give credit where it is due. The Rudd government has quickly woken up to the fact that ‘closing the gap’ will not magically happen with business as usual, writes <b>Professor Jon Altman</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big Bang reform v Rudd, Mr 5%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/02/big-bang-reform-v-rudd-mr-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/02/big-bang-reform-v-rudd-mr-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd Government is a 5% government, focussed on the unglamorous world of regulatory harmonisation, better consumer information and greater efficiency of administration, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/02/big-bang-reform-v-rudd-mr-5/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Should there be national registration for public health workers?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/04/should-there-be-national-registration-for-public-health-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/04/should-there-be-national-registration-for-public-health-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is moving towards national registration for core health and medical professionals, but there are no safeguards regarding public health officials, writes <b>Peter Sainsbury</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hey Rudd, when you bribe someone, you should get something back</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/hey-rudd-when-you-bribe-someone-you-should-get-something-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/hey-rudd-when-you-bribe-someone-you-should-get-something-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday at COAG Kevin Rudd’s "cooperative federalism" met old-style politics, and came off second best – along with the Murray-Darling Basin and, in particular, the immensely stressed lower reaches of the system in South Australia.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: Rudd&#8217;s world tour is no junket</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/mungo-rudds-world-tour-is-no-junket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/mungo-rudds-world-tour-is-no-junket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No one could seriously consider Kevin Rudd’s 17 day trip to America, Europe and Japan as a junket, and no one has criticised it as one, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Hour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earth Hour ... COAG and the Murray-Darling deal ... The Oz's and the SS Macklin ... the last act of Orkopoulos ... binge drinking ... mortgage stress ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite-sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gough Whitlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The too hard basket is a wonderful thing ... Do as I say not as we do ... Guess who featured in that foreign policy speech ... Memories of Gough ... A batch of election indicators ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray-Darling Basin deal: the devil&#8217;s in the details</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/murray-darling-basin-deal-the-devils-in-the-details/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/murray-darling-basin-deal-the-devils-in-the-details/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria has at last signed up. We can now look to one federal authority to manage the unfolding environmental disaster in the Murray-Darling Basin, writes <b>Richard Kingsford</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The boring, bureaucratic reality of COAG</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/26/the-boring-bureaucratic-reality-of-coag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/26/the-boring-bureaucratic-reality-of-coag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureaucracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal state relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ministerial meetings sound like the pointy end of Commonwealth-State relations, but in reality, ministerial meetings are highly formal affairs, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>COAG and Aborigines. They knew</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/06/25/coag-and-aborigines-they-knew/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/06/25/coag-and-aborigines-they-knew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Prime Minister, Premiers, the Chief Ministers of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory and the President of the Australian Local Government Association sat down in Canberra back on 13 April for "detailed discussions on significant areas of national interest" child abuse in indigenous communities was on the agenda but there was no hint of crisis.]]></description>
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